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Arkansas Business announced in their publication in early January the acquisition of two funeral home locations by Smith Family Funeral Homes of North Little Rock. You can see that article here. Smith Family Funeral Homes acquired the Davis-Smith Funeral Homes located in Hot Springs and Glenwood, Arkansas. The addition of these two properties brings the number…
I’m not one to get too excited over talk. . . .but, I’m also a realist who believes that where there is smoke, there is fire. And, it appears that the trend in America will not go to a longer work week. . . so, over time I’m guessing that we get to a shorter…
In a transaction announced last week but completed on December 27, 2021, according to this press release, Wilbert has merged operations with Memorial Monuments & Vaults (MMV) headquartered in Meridian, Idaho. According to the press release, MMV has 19 locations in the western part of the United States and provides monuments and related funeral services…
While not specific to the death care industry, our friends at Clifton Larson Allen have provided some resources to us to help us in the quest for employees and what it may take going forward to obtain and retain them. Article— Workforce Challenges: Pre and Post Pandemic Access the article here. Webinar—Overcoming Workforce Challenges. Learn…
Today we bring you this interesting article from the Iowa Capital Dispatch concerning a potential funeral director who believed he needed a waiver to receive his Iowa Funeral Directors License. One of the requirements for licensure by the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science is that the applicant has completed 60 college credit hours and maintained…
In this press release from last week, Foundation Partners Group (FPG) announced a new acquisition and also gave some indication of its growth over the past couple of years. Foundation Partners Group is the privately owned death care consolidator based in Orlando, Florida, that appears to set its acquisition sights on cremation heavy firms. FPG…
It’s not every day that something that happens with a funeral gets publicity around the world. However, like in other events in the history of the world, there are points that you can look back on in retrospect and say that they could have been turning points in society mores. As I’ve been searching for…
So, we are one week into the new year of 2022. There are a few things that have been predicted since the new Presidential administration came into office last January, especially after the inflationary times that started last Spring. One of the the predicted things we heard about was that a new administration may eventually…
I’ve been out of owning and managing my own funeral home for eight years now. Funeral Director Daily keeps me involved with all that is going on in the profession, but sometimes the research I do makes me think I’ve become a little naive to some of the “dog eat dog” competition that is out…
