Jennie Cook wipes the sweat off her brow. She has had to let almost half of her staff go, and she’s been working long days and even longer weeks in order to compensate for it. Though she’s had to power through exhaustion, she considers herself lucky. Her business is surviving, which is more than can be said for many of her peers. Cook owns Jennie Cook’s Catering, a Los Angeles-based company that derives almost all of its business from Hollywood productions. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all film productions stopping, causing Jennie Cook’s, and thousands of businesses like them, to struggle to survive. “It’s been devastating,” said Cook. “Our business has taken such a hit. I’m … [Read more...] about Small businesses struggle to survive in pandemic-oriented film industry