Business
I am still thinking of Monday’s feature where I commented on the numbers, or lack thereof, that seem to be entering the funeral service profession. One of the reasons that I indicated why I believe what is causing that number is that young people just don’t get the exposure to what funeral directors do because…
Every so often a product or service comes available in the funeral industry that many funeral homes would like to add to the repertoire of things that they do for the public. One main thing to think about at this time is, “Do we offer this as a service” or “Do we charge additional for…
Today we bring you a short, less than 3 minute video, and article that you can access here that has the CEO of death care conglomerate InvoCare speaking on why he believes it “is a transformational time” in the industry. CEO Martin Earp, speaking with CNBC, talks of the major shift on how people are…
I spent three days last week at my annual funeral professional/death care professional golf event that I have attended almost every year since first being invited in 1991. From my count, there are about 130-144 invited guests that enjoy three days with each other in an atmosphere of fellowship and friendship. Most of the talk…
If you have followed the death care industry in Australia you would see that large public companies InvoCare and Propel Funeral Partners are seeking to gain market share via acquisitions. This is nothing new in the funeral industry where unit “roll-ups” have been in vogue since the 1960’s. If you are a free-market person you…
The Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium announced last month, according to this article in The Manchester Link, that they had purchased the Ker Westerlund Funeral Home which has served the Brattleboro, Vermont, area for more than 150 years. The Phaneuf family of operations also includes the Cremation Society of New Hampshire and this location will…
Every day people around the world dream of owning their own business and having the ability to be in charge of their own destiny. It is the way capitalism and the freedom to invest in your dream works. However, sometimes a partner is necessary to help a budding entrepreneur make the reach for a down…
The death care branch of public company Security National Financial Corporation, Memorial Mortuaries and Cemeteries, was awarded two of the Best of State Awards in Utah recently. You can read about it in the company’s press release here. The Best of State Awards were presented in the categories of Best of State for Funeral Services…
Just last Friday we reported of a case that was in trial concerning the issue of six Mississippi black-owned funeral homes believing that they did not receive as many death calls, proportionately, from the coroner of Harrison County as white-owned funeral homes did. The plaintiffs were asking for $870,000 in damages for the years 2012-2016.…
