Cremation
If you are in the Death Care business you know that the number of cremated remains that reside in peoples’ homes is a large, and more than likey, growing number. Some estimate that 60-80% of those people who are cremated have their cremated remains brought to a private home initially. Others estimate…
Earlier his week I heard from a couple of people who notified me that Foundation Partners Group (FPG) apparently had a recent round of employee layoffs. That seems to be confirmed by employee and now former employee posts on Reddit and other conversational websites. One of those individuals sent me this comment that I…
The number of deaths in the United States is expected to grow 26.3% from 2019 (the last year prior to the pandemic) until 2040 by certain estimates. Estimates for the number of deaths in the United States in 2040 is at about 3.6 million as compared to the 2019 actual total of 2.85 million.…
It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may want to capitalize on your documented efforts. It seems that Parting Stone, the solidified remains company found that out. …
Pizza Hut, Batesville, and CANA? A reader sent me an article earlier this week that brings these three topics into a Venn diagram sort of picture for me. First of all, the article sent to me, which you can access here, was concerning the purchase of Pizza Hut (all except the Mainland…
Cuba, the island country only 90 miles off the Florida coast has a crisis with death and Death Care. If you look at the Wikipedia page for Cuba you will notice that the population in 2022 was estimated at over 11 million people and the estimation for 2024 was less than 10 million. .…
On a rainy Monday Minnesota morning earlier this week I was doing my run indoors on the treadmill while I watched CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” business news broadcast. On that show Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son predicted that the coming “AI Revolution” will be 50 times bigger than the dot-com boom. You can read…
This recent article from the Jacksonville Daily Record makes note that the new Jacksonville Jaguars’ football stadium that will be the home of that franchise in the National Football League (NFL) has agreed to partner with Eternal Fan to create what is called the “904EVER Club” at the stadium. According to the article…
Crowne Vault, the Indiana-based company that is a leading presence in serving the Death Care profession with American-made cremation vaults is supporting a new initiative for the profession that hopes to bring cremated loved ones from the closet or mantle to permanent placement in American cemeteries. The trademarked program, “At Home…
It’s not for me. . . .but neither is skydiving. I’m talking about Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) or what some lay people call “human composting”. NOR is a legal form of human disposition in at least 14 states by my count. The process used for human remains disposition was first legalized in the…
