Business
I received a broadcasted mass e-mail last Thursday inviting me to tune into the newest podcast for our profession. This one was titled “The Graveyard Shift” and was promoted by Passare. It is probably good and informative, but I’ve also been invited to listen to a podcast that originates from Great Britain with…
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When I served my community as a funeral director I had a couple of expressions that I absolutely lived by: “Underpromise and overdeliver” “Have a low ego and high output” I worked very hard to deliver on everything I promised and to do so in a personal way where nothing was…
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A couple of recent articles that I read give an indication of how the financial success of cemeteries can vary based on location and/or the clientele that may be using the cemetery. I’m from the state of Minnesota and more specifically an area outside of the metropolitan Minneapolis/St. Paul demographic market. My…
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I like to stay in the know about all of the National and Regional funeral home and cemetery acquisition and operating companies. Sometimes though I’m surprised by the growth of these companies over time if I have not checked in regularly. I had that feeling the other day about Milestone Funeral Partners when I…
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New Foundation Partners Group CEO John Smith didn’t waste any time in forming a group of former owners to learn more about the Death Care business. Smith, with lots of management experience but none in the Death Care realm was hired by Foundation Partners Group (FPG) earlier in 2025. Here’s a Funeral Director…
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I’m writing this article on Tuesday morning ahead of President Trump’s address to Congress and at a time when certain investors seem to have lost some faith in the markets as the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down over 700 points on the day. The world can change between last Tuesday and…
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Many of us have gotten accustomed to watching the television series “Yellowstone” in recent years. While that series takes place in Montana, a county in Wyoming that borders Idaho and Montana contains 40% of Yellowstone National Park’s total area. Teton County of Wyoming, also “had the highest average incomes per capita of any county in…
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Earlier this week Funeral Director Daily learned from this press release from Batesville that “the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana awarded summary judgment in favor of Batesville Casket Company, LLC and Batesville Services, LLC and against Vandor Group, Inc., rejecting Vandor’s claims that Batesville’s cardboard rental insert, which the…
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It’s hard to think of the rise of luxury funerals when we hear about all the low-cost cremation services and read articles such as this one titled “More Mainers are leaning on state help to pay for funerals, cremations” that was published earlier this month in the Sun Journal of Maine. Yet,…
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Some time ago I served on a private company’s ad hoc board helping the owners navigate some upcoming issues. The business happened to consist of family-owned turkey farms and a turkey brokerage business. While it was a little bit out of my expertise I learned an immense amount, not only of the turkey…
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