Business
I enjoy watching the CBS program “60 Minutes” and did so again last Sunday. One of the featured stories was on New York restauranter Danny Meyer. Meyer started with one restaurant concept as an owner/operator in the 1990s and now has 16 restaurants of different styles in New York City. He is also the inspiration…
This past weekend an open house was held to celebrate the opening of America’s newest funeral facility — the Heafey Hoffmann Dworak & Cutler Mortuary on West Center Road in Omaha, Nebraska. The 26,000 square foot structure is built on the same spot where fire destroyed the firm’s 1980 building in January 2016. According to…
Batesville Casket company was one of eleven Indiana companies honored and inducted into the State of Indiana Manufacturer’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony on October 4. Companies were recognized by the Indiana Manufacturer’s Association for their outstanding contributions to the development of a healthy, dynamic manufacturing environment in Indiana. Batesville has been a part…
I’ve heard a saying that “news” is what nobody wants others to know and “public relations” is every thing else that is printed. There is a lot of truth to that saying in the funeral business — nobody wants to be in the news — especially if the things that are being said are not…
Most funeral homes, regardless of where they are located, are lamenting the tide that is turning – or has already turned – as the business of death care turns from earth burial dispositions to cremation dispositions. Even the best run death care businesses – whether funeral home or cemetery – are having to make tough…
Having seen news last week that Foundation Partners closed on an acquisition in Wisconsin I did a little research on what, at least anecdotally, are the acquisition targets of the larger companies. I did so because the purchase of the Schneider-Michaelis Funeral Home in Jefferson, Wisconsin, didn’t seem to fit what Foundation Partners had been…
It’s another Monday and time for a round-up of things that are happening in the death care industry and should be of interest to anyone who works in that industry. Today we will tell you about government entities providing more space for veteran burials as well as one municipality that has come to loggerheads about…
Funeral pre-arrangement has been around the industry for a long-time. Our firm advertises that we have been doing it since 1964. However, pre-arrangements were an afterthought in those days when people came in and put away some money in a certificate of deposit to have on account with the funeral home to pay for future…
I recently read an article in the United Kingdom’s newspaper, The Sun, which centered on the topic of British citizens cutting back where they can on funeral expenses. Quite frankly, as I read the article, it really reminded me of what has been, and is still, occurring in the United States as to what, I…
