cremation business

Funeral company acquires three former SCI firms

By Funeral Director Daily / February 16, 2024 /

    In a press release that we received this week, from the Newbridge Group, we learned that three funeral homes in the state of Maine had been acquired by Family First Funeral Homes & Cremation Care.  The press release also stated, “three funeral homes previously under the ownership of Service Corporation International (SCI) have…

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The Super Bowl, Taylor Swift, and funeral home “Influencers”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 9, 2024 /

  It’s Super Bowl Weekend and you are probably going to hear a lot about what is happening in Las Vegas over the course of the next 72 hours.  And, you would have had to be hiding under a rock to not know that superstar entertainer Taylor Swift is bringing her “influence” to the big…

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Funeral home sale “keeps it local” and “generational”

By Funeral Director Daily / January 17, 2024 /

  We’ve said it many times before, “funeral home ownership has historically been local, family-owned, and generational”.  And while there are a good many really good regional and national consolidators, many times “keeping it local” can be a defining part of what an owner wishes to do when he or she eventually decides to sell…

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Johnson Consulting adds Jim Price to their staff

By Funeral Director Daily / January 11, 2024 /

It was announced in a recent press release that industry veteran Jim Price has joined the team at Johnson Consulting Group.  In the press release Johnson Consulting Group described Price as “a distinguished professional with an unparalleled career spanning over five decades in the funeral and cemetery profession. Price’s strategic acumen and proven success record…

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2023 Death Care story of the Year: Batesville Casket sold

By Funeral Director Daily / January 9, 2024 /

      In any given year there is a lot that happens in any industry or profession.  And, there was a lot that happened in death care in 2023 such as the continuing Federal Trade Commission continuing to look into and holding hearings on the status of “The Funeral Rule”.  Or, on the more…

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Investors prove wary of traditional funeral home stocks in 2023

By Funeral Director Daily / January 8, 2024 /

    In a year when the “Magnificent Seven” technology stocks led a robust rebound in the technology heavy NASDAQ stock index it appears that investors in traditional funeral home and cemetery public companies looked on with a wary eye as to how those companies would fare moving into the next stage of death care…

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Texas crematory coming under fire

By Funeral Director Daily / January 2, 2024 /

    A permitted crematory under construction in the Dallas, Texas, suburb of Frisco is coming under scrutiny by neighbors who are not happy with it being located in a residential neighborhood.  However, according to this article “Frisco City officials insist that the crematorium’s approval predates the nearby neighborhood development, with plans available publicly since…

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NFDA says “Inflation has increased faster than the Cost of a Funeral”

By Funeral Director Daily / December 19, 2023 /

  In a press release from earlier in December, the National Funeral Director’s Association (NFDA) made note that in spite of the conern for inflation in the United States, a recent survey seemed to show that the cost of a funeral has increased less than the overall rate of inflation for the past two years.…

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We hit on all cylinders last month

By Funeral Director Daily / December 15, 2023 /

  Let’s see. . . . History, contemporary issues such as branding your Direct Cremation, generational funeral home acquisitions, and even some information on Death Care investments. . . . our Top 5 read articles of the last 30 days hit exactly what we look for in getting all kinds of death care related interests…

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’tis the Season. . . How’s your charitable giving?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 1, 2023 /

  It’s hard not to notice all of the mail I get at this time of the year from charities asking me to remember them in my charitable giving for the year. . . . . I’m guessing that you probably give through your individual status, but have you ever thought of having a program…

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