Funeral Director Daily

Funeral home adds two locations, tweaks their brand

By Funeral Director Daily / December 17, 2024 /

  I found an interesting, unique, and well-thought out expansion by a funeral home aimed at bringing their geographical reach closer to more families.  At the same time that this funeral home expanded from three locations to five locations they subtly tweaked their brand name by matching it with “. . .the younger generation of…

More case volume: Organic growth vs. Acquisition

By Funeral Director Daily / December 16, 2024 /

    Last week Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told reporters in this article that Netflix has no plans to pursue mergers and acquisitions next year. . . . .what is interesting about his comments is that he also said, “We are better builders than buyers”.   I found that a really interesting statement from a…

Veteran’s Affairs Cemeteries to offer “Green Burial” pilot programs

By Funeral Director Daily / December 13, 2024 /

    It’s probable to say that the fad of Green Burials has turned into a trend and may have become an accepted norm to human disposition.  Evidence of this is given by the decision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announcing in this press release that it is instituting a “pilot program”…

How’s my consumer clientele’s credit?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 12, 2024 /

  This article started out as a “Pricing” article and was going to be about how do funeral businesses raise their prices for the new year in a world where inflation on consumer’s everyday purchases has continued to stay elevated?   I was wondering because economic indicators from last Friday showed a gain in American…

J. Dance Consulting LLC: A New Partner in Marketing and Growth for Funeral Homes and Cemeteries

By Funeral Director Daily / December 11, 2024 /

    Funeral Director Daily learned last week that well-know Death Care industry executive Jared Dance has formed a business that intends to help funeral homes and cemeteries with marketing and management.   In an e-mail press release we received this announcement, “J. Dance Consulting LLC is excited to announce its launch as a specialized…

Funeral Safe receives additional $9 million in expansion funding from existing shareholders

By Funeral Director Daily / December 11, 2024 /

  Funeral Safe announced last week that they had received almost $US 9 million in additional funding to expand their funeral-based consumer finance company.  In business since 2016, the latest round of capital investment by Black Lion Ventures will give Black Lion Ventures a controlling interest in the company.   Funeral Safe is a United…

Park Lawn keeps acquisition train rolling along

By Funeral Director Daily / December 10, 2024 /

    You can read in this press release issued yesterday by Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) that, effective yesterday, they added four stand-alone funeral homes to their company via the purchase of two funeral businesses in the suburban geographic area to the west of Chicago, Illinois.   PLC announced the purchase of the Fitzgerald Funeral…

The New Reality. . . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / December 9, 2024 /

    You would have had to be on the moon or Mars for the past 4 months to not notice the underlying social cultural tones to this year’s election process in the United States.  Regardless of which side you are on you would have noticed the underlying politics of the respective parties in relation…

“Come Together”: Mergers, bolt-ons, work for family firms too

By Funeral Director Daily / December 6, 2024 /

    Funeral Director Daily does a good job of notifying our readers when the large corporate companies acquire new funeral homes.  It appears that these transacations are a consistent regular occurrence, although there are some ebbs and flows to the pipeline of deals.  We also know that large corporate consolidators and their purchases are…

Plan for CANA’s 2025 Cremation Symposium

By Funeral Director Daily / December 5, 2024 /

  We learned earlier this week that registration for the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) 2025 Cremation Symposium is in full swing.  The event returns to Las Vegas and the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from February 26-28, 2025.   It’s an annual Death Care event where participants network with leaders from all…