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Great Britain’s Pure Cremation, quite possibly the most successful start-up in the history of Death Care, continues to grow their direct cremation business. And, that growth in itself seems to cause some problems. This recent article from BBC News in Great Britain tells of Pure Cremation’s attempt to open a 700-body volume refrigerated…
According to this recent article from the Institute for Justice the District Court of Oklahoma County has ruled that Casket of Honors owners Candice Mentink and Todd Collard may proceed with their case against the Oklahoma Funeral Board for the right to sell caskets in Oklahoma without a valid Oklahoma funeral directors license. …
It’s interesting to me that when I look at the financial results of the public companies in Death Care and also try to understand the continual business potential of Death Care, I seem to see that cemetery financial results are passing funeral home results in many locales. And, I’m coming around to the fact…
A.S. Turner & Sons has served the population of Decatur, Georgia, and the greater Atlanta area for more than 120 years. Funeral Director Daily recently mentioned the firm in this article about The Natural Funeral concept which takes The Natural Funeral’s proprietary Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) process, Terramation, to the local level. We’ve…
I feel very fortunate that I grew up in a household that valued knowing what was going on in the world around us. We always were encouraged to watch the national evening news to understand that the world was bigger than our community. . . .And, in my day and age, before the repeal…
Overall, Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC), the Utah-based company with its base in the Death Care industry, had a positive 2nd Quarter of 2026 with Earnings before Taxes increasing 8.6% (7.3% After Taxes) for the company as compared to the same quarter of 2025. That result was accomplished even though the revenues for…
I attended church on Sunday and heard a sermon that I thought worthy of sharing with my funeral home colleagues. The sermon ended up being about the difference between “building a Platform” and “becoming a Pillar”. I found the message right on the money with my thinking about so much of the social media…
On August 7, Matthews International, a leader in the Death Care supply and equipment business, held their quarterly earnings call to give their opinion of the company’s Fiscal 3rd Quarter 2026 results and answer questions from analysts who cover the company. Funeral Director Daily receives a transcript of the entire conversation through our subscription…
Funeral homes and cremation providers have seen the revenue numbers that they bring in flatten as more consumers have continued to prefer less expensive services, such as cremation, over traditional burials for the past three decades. And, as more and more options become available to the consumer, including options where a traditional funeral…
On August 6, Carriage Services held their quarterly earnings call to give their opinion of the company’s 2nd Quarter 2026 results and answer questions from analysts who cover the company. We’re ten days removed from that date, but the comments of the Carriage Services’ management team are still relative so we present you with…
