Funeral Director Daily
Over the weekend I read an interesting article from the British publication Moneywise, which you can read here. The article was titled, “Cremation monopoly force prices Up” and deals with, what I would call cremation prices outside of a major metro area. For the sake of this discussion, I believe that the definition of cremation…
Read MoreWe recently came across a couple of brief articles pertaining to existing funeral homes making additions to their operation in order to add new revenue. The first of these articles is from the Hastings (Minnesota) Star Gazette and you can find it here. It pertains to the Ellis Funeral Home of Hastings breaking ground for…
Read MoreI was driving into a board meeting on Monday and listening to one of the business channels on Sirius Radio. The topic that came up and was being discussed was the potential acquisition of Fox by either Disney or Comcast. As you may know, Fox was given an acquisition offer by Disney last December at…
Read MoreLater tonight the El Cajon (California) Planning Commission will have the opportunity to approve an application to approve the first crematory in that city. According to an article in East County Magazine that you can read here, Robert Zakar, owner of El Cajon Mortuary, is seeking to add on-site cremation services to his existing funeral…
Read MoreLate last Wednesday a jury in Montana issued a verdict against a Montana funeral home for coercing a widow client into pursuing a cremation for her husband against his “final wishes” for earth burial. You can read about the case in the Great Falls Tribune here. According to the article, Robert Yeager, age 64 died…
Read MoreInvoCare Limited, the market leading funeral home firm in Australia, announced Friday that it will be closing on two acquisitions from the South Island of New Zealand on June 22. You can read a clip about this from Motley Fool Australia here. The company will acquire Hope and Sons Funeral Directors in Dunedin and Whitestone…
Read MoreThere is no doubt that staffing at funeral homes across North America is an issue and up for much debate on how it is done. I recently ran into an article from Great Britain that was published in Wales Online, and which you can read here. The article is very interesting and concerns the company…
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