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Public company Matthews International, with a stake in the death care business, reported their Fiscal Year 2023 First Quarter last week and in doing so reported a company-wide quarter over quarter sales revenue increase of about 2.4%. The entire revenue increase, however, comes from their much heralded investment in the energy storage solutions business.…
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I’ve said it before and truly believe it. Death care is changing and will continue to change. No longer are traditional funeral homes the only option for those who need death care services. Have you heard of the “Be a Tree Cremation Service” of Denver, Colorado, yet? Neither had I until this past…
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Lee Webster has co-founded an organization known as the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance and served in leadership positions at the National Home Funeral Alliance and the Green Burial Association. According to this recent article in Hospice News Webster makes this comment, “I’ve definitely seen a growing trend of natural burials really appealing to…
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One of the things that happened at the end of 2022 is that New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that permits the State of New York to add Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), sometimes referred to as “human composting”, to the list of legal human remains dispositions. According to this article…
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It’s inevitable that regulations by government agencies are necessary in a civilized society. Sometimes, however, when you own and operate a business it seems like you don’t want to take a step in any direction simply because you think that step may be against some type of regulation. At least, that’s the way that…
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Last Friday I printed a story about five trends or happenings that I saw in calendar year 2022 and how they will relate to Death Care as we move into the future. I’ve not been shy about saying two things are happening and will continue to happen. Those two things are an increase in…
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Every once in a while during my searches for Funeral Director Daily topics I’ll come across something I wasn’t aware of in the death care industry. Today I bring you information on what is called the “Ovum Fungi”. This is a product that this press release and the company website refers to as “an eco-friendly…
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Part of what I’ve always done is watch the trends. I wasn’t the first to put a crematory in my funeral home, but I did see the trends and was the first in my county to do so. I also wasn’t the first funeral home to add staff to concentrate on preneed funeral planning and…
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The Federal Trade Commission issued the “Funeral Rule” in 1982 with an effective date of September 1984. Since that time it has operated as a consumer tool for price comparison in the funeral home market. This recent communication from the FTC asks for additional comments on several items by January 3, 2023, as the FTC…
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There was a time when if you needed information on a task or a service you went direct to the source to find the information needed. Remember, when your watch didn’t work you would take it to the local jeweler to diagnose the issue. . . . Or if the electronic device you just purchased…
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