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Public cemeteries can receive funding with unique Connecticut program

By Funeral Director Daily / April 21, 2023 /

    We’ve advised readers of the financial problems that small church and civic cemeteries have in today’s world of less earth burials.  Revenue is tougher to come by as cemetery grave lot purchase revenue is not received in a great proportion of today’s deaths.  That eventually leads to less money in perpetual care accounts.…

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Our wardrobes, Hollywood, Shark Tank, acquisitions. . . a varied subject list for this month’s Top 5 read stories

By Funeral Director Daily / April 20, 2023 /

    When I mention wardrobes, movies, Shark Tank, and more it doesn’t even sound like a death care publication.  Except those subjects and the more common subjects of acquisitions and business predictions lead our Top 5 stories read for the past 30 days on Funeral Director Daily.   In the time period from March…

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You can see the data. . . what does it mean for funeral homes.

By Funeral Director Daily / April 19, 2023 /

    Last week I came across this article from The Hill entitled, “Two million people fled America’s big cities from 2020 to 2022”.  If you have read my articles for anytime now you will understand that when I look at an article like that usually the first thing that comes to mind for me…

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The latest on the InvoCare/TPG Capital potential takeover

By Funeral Director Daily / April 18, 2023 /

      It’s been a couple of weeks since the largest death care and pet death care concern in Australia, InvoCare, rejected an unsolicted offer from the United States giant private equity firm TPG Global Capital to acquire its business.  However, not all has been silent. . . . In this post we include…

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Can new regulations bring new people into our fold?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 18, 2023 /

      A lot of professions are struggling with people joining their ranks.  And, from my point of view it seems to be that society is  lacking staffing in the categories that are highly “hands on” in human care. . . .which would include funeral directors and embalmers.   There are probably many reasons…

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What’s coming up this week in Funeral Service. . .

By Funeral Director Daily / April 17, 2023 /

      Mental health, physical health, and business health are all important aspects of how we perform.  This week you can learn about all of those subjects and how to stay in peak performance throught webinars and support meetings put on by your colleagues in the greater death care network.  Here’s what’s up this…

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Will funeral homes go the way of banks?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 17, 2023 /

      Over the weekend I started reading death care industry consultant Alan Creedy’s new book entitled, “Finish Well“.  I really enjoying the read, but so far have not gotten too far into the subject matter so I will save a review until another time.   However, in describing most family funeral homes in…

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A tale of two companies. . .can they both be on the right track?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 14, 2023 /

    According to Wikipedia, which may or may not be accurate at this date, Co-op Funeralcare in Great Britain operates over 1,000 funeral homes in Great Britain and Dignity plc operates about 795 facilities across the same landscape.  If you assume that those numbers are somewhat accurate you would then surmise that Dignity plc…

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StoneMor becomes Everstory Partners

By Funeral Director Daily / April 13, 2023 /

    In this press release, that was released on Tuesday, April 11, we learned a little more about the evolution of StoneMor Inc. as it has transformed to a private company from a public stock ownership company.  The press release announces that StoneMor Inc., and its grouping of 389 cemeteries, funeral homes, and cremation…

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Is “Bereavement” tougher and less healthy in the digital era?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 12, 2023 /

    I’m no expert on this subject so this column will ask a lot of questions but probably won’t answer many.  It’s an exercise that I like to do once in a while because it really causes me to think deeply.  I hope it does the same for you.   In my days as…

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