Obligated to survive: When Covid-19 sent sales spiraling, packager flexed and found a viable future

The founders and owners of Packrite in High Point know a little something about navigating a challenging economy. The majority woman-owned corrugated paper packaging maker was founded by husband-and-wife Michael and Mary Drummond, and Michael’s mother, Lavon Boone, at the bottom of the Great Recession in late 2008. It opened with 18 employees working in 65,000 square feet of rented space. Over the next 12 years, the company purchased the entire 125,000-square-foot building it occupied, expanded…