crematin business

Jessica Mitford 2.0? . . . This might be the 21st Century version

By Funeral Director Daily / March 5, 2026 /

  I have distinct memories of accompanying my father to a community forum that included Death Care at our local technical college back in about 1972 when I was a young teenager.   What I remember most about that event is the questions hurled at my father about what appeared to be the way funeral…

A transition in leadership at Foundation Partners Group

By Funeral Director Daily / May 3, 2024 /

    We learned late last week that CEO Kent Robertson was leaving cremation centered acquisition group and operating company Foundation Partners Group and also learned that the interim management of the Orlando, Florida, based business would be led in the interim by Chris Blackwell with assistance from former FPG CEO Bob Bukala.   In…

Dignity plc and their price point pivot. . . . can they remain profitable?

By Funeral Director Daily / November 15, 2022 /

2022 marked a point in the history of Great Britain’s largest death care provider, Dignity plc, where they planned to increase consumer market share for their services by lowering their prices.  What they maybe didn’t anticipate was the highest inflationary pressures in the last 40 years on the costs of their services to happen at…