cremation business
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…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreWe’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…
Read MoreIt 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreIn 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.…
Read MoreIt’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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