Afternoon Edition
I’ve been a licensed funeral director for about 42 years and in that time I’ve seen all kinds of situations. I’ve served families that are included in the Forbes 400 wealthiest in America and I’ve served families where some of the survivors didn’t know where they would be sleeping that night. Suffice it to say…
It’s hard to believe that another 30-day period has passed and has become our custom, we recap our Top 5 read articles over the past 30 days. So, if you are a new subscriber or if you missed a couple of articles, or if you just want to read them a 2nd time, here are…
As part of Funeral Director Daily’s continuing effort to make you aware of health and knowledge information available to the Death Care professional we turn this afternoon’s blog spot over to giving you some information on items of interest in the profession. Learn about how to care for yourself when you tune in to CANA’s…
A recent article published by Seeking Alpha indicates that the “Go Shop” period for StoneMor Inc., following the announcement of a potential going private sale to Axar Capital, is over. In the article the authors mention, “StonMor has been able to solicit other offers, which might not necessarily be take privates. The go-shop period is…
I have a son that works in the automotive industry and we’ve discussed their lines of revenue quite often. For instance the average dealership has about six primary lines of revenue – new car sales, used car sales, the service or repair center, a collision repair center, a leasing center, and a financing center. At…
Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc., (WFSI) the leading provider of burial vaults and cremation-related products and services in North America, is pleased to announce the launch of their new Cremation Choices Catalog on October 1st. Wilbert Merchandising Manager, Mike Devaney stated, “We are excited about the new expanded catalog. We are adding 80 new urns and…
It is our custom at Funeral Director Daily to post the top-read stories of the past 30 days at the middle of every month. Just in case you missed one or two of them. . here they are. In addition we are putting out some information for that you may find useful pertaining to the…
On the same day that the Dow Jones Industrials average dropped the deepest in the past two years (Tuesday, September 13) Seeking Alpha author Austin Rogers opined in this article that death care conglomerate Matthews International (MATW) would be one of his Top 3 picks to choose as a stock in the category “Cheap Dividend…
Collecting of accounts receivables has came a long way from the 1930’s when a funeral home just asked the client family to “settle up” when ready. Today’s use of cash-flow makes it imperative that funeral homes reduce the amounts of money they have “on the books”. In addition, helping families receive money due them from…
