Funeral Director Daily
Carriage Services, an American public company and operator of funeral homes and cemeteries, reported on their 1st Quarter of 2026 on Wednesday. The report showed progress on the company’s three-year quest of strategic internal improvements leading to their ability to re-enter a growth phase of their business as CEO Carlos Quezada makes known in a…
I’ll admit that I’m not the most tech savvy person when it comes to knowing how the internet and artificial intelligence might benefit my funeral home. But, I’m also a business person who is looking for every advantage possible when it comes to finding customers and building market share for my business. So,…
Are Americans “reconnecting” with death? That is a strange question which will have different meanings for different people. And, if we are “reconnecting” with death, what might that mean for those of us who make our livings in the world of funerals, cremations, cemetery work, and memorialization? . . . . . Might it…
Matthews International reported their 2nd Quarter 2026 (January thru March period) last Thursday evening after the markets closed. Here’s what their CEO Joseph Bartolacci had to say in prepared remarks in the press release which you can access here: “We are pleased with our operating results for the fiscal 2026 second quarter. While our…
The stock markets closed on Thursday, April 30, and it continued with an upward climb for Death Care stocks. April 30 marked the calendar as one-third of the way through 2026 and with it showed an additional increase in the Death Care Index (DCI) over the March 31 number. The Funeral Director Daily…
Service Corporation International (SCI), the continent’s largest Death Care provider, reported their 1st Quarter of 2026 financial results late Wednesday. You can access a copy of the press release on that report here. Here’s what Tom Ryan, the company’s Chairman and CEO commented in a prepared statement included in the press release:…
Over the last month or so we have followed a growing discontent in Fresno County, California, and specifically an area along the San Joaquin River about the process of Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) remains being spread on public land. As you can read in this recent article from the Desert Sun “Fresno County officials…
I’m not an economics major but I know that the price I can charge for my goods or services is somewhat dictated by the supply and demand of those goods and services. Is that true of cemetery space – everywhere? When the price gets “too high” as determined by the intended consumer that…
Over my years as an active funeral director I would be called to the place of death and eventually ask the family before I left, “Are you thinking about burial or cremation?” If you’re not a funeral director it is a question that needs an answer because how the funeral director would take care…
Preneed continues to grow. . . .but is the growth enough? That is a great question and, among other things, we will look at the percentage growth of preneed on a “revenue per preneed contract” basis in this article. Statistics on Preneed are difficult to find because of the private nature of the…
