Editor’s Note: For as yet unknown technical reasons, our daily article was not sent out earlier this morning. Sorry. . here it is. All things are created equal. . . . until they’re not. In the death care business I’m not so sure all of the calls we get at our funeral homes are created equal. A death call that ends up being a full traditional funeral with casket and vault sale is probably more than equal to a direct […]
According to this article from U.S. News & World Report, the process of natural organic reduction or what is commonly referred by many consumers as “human composting” is now available in the state of Colorado. Legalized by the state over a year ago with a September 7, 2021, legal start date, at least one death care facility, The Natural Funeral in Lafayette, Colorado is open for natural organic reduction business. Co-owner of The Natural Funeral, Seth Viddal, is quoted in […]
The time to set your budgets for 2022 is fast approaching. To make your business turn into profits, and your work worthwhile, it is imperative that you realistically look at the services you provide and the mix of those services so that you can have an accurate idea of the revenue you are going to bring in during the next business year. It is also imperative that you look at the expenses that you are going to incur with some […]
I think we have all seen it, but have we ever looked at the statistics and questioned what has happened. The “it” I’m talking about is women in the workplace over the years and the correlation of “Where have all the Men gone”? In the death care business we have seen the rise of the female funeral directors. I attended mortuary college in the late 1970’s with one female in my class of about 50 students. This year I attended […]
I recently read this article where Bank of America has profiled 14 future “moonshot” technologies that they believe could offer vast wealth to those who are lucky enough to invest in them. In reading that article, I realized that, to a certain extent we have, maybe not moonshot technologies, but at least planetary technologies in the death care business finding funding almost every day. In essence, there is a lot of interest in the “new technology” of Death Care. Bank […]
This recent article from Pasadena Weekly made note that Better Place Forests has added a property at Lake Arrowhead, about 90 minutes from Los Angeles. For Better Place Forests it is their 10th announced location with five of those being in California. A fairly new entity into permanent memorialization, Better Place Forests is described in the article as “as sustainable alternative to traditional cemeteries”. According to the Better Place Forest website, a memorial package could include the rights to a […]
We recently learned, in this video story and print article from News 6 Orlando, that a group of about 30 churches and six funeral homes in Marion County, Florida, have decided not to hold indoor services for the remainder of 2021. According to the article, “After hearing that many funeral homes . . . . are overwhelmed with funerals related to COVID deaths, local pastors held a conference call with funeral home directors and medical professionals.” That call led the […]
“We have been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost us all.” According to this article from Yahoo Finance, those were the words of President Joe Biden when he announced last Thursday the upcoming Covid-19 vaccine mandates for American businesses. According to this article from Yahoo Finance, “a new Labor Department “emergency temporary standard” will require all companies with 100 employees or more to assure all workers are vaccinated against the coronavirus, or test unvaccinated […]
It was announced recently that the New Zealand comedy series, Good Grief, has had its North American and United Kingdom rights purchased by the AMC Network. You can see a clip of the series here. The series, which is entering its second season, is co-created and co-written by Eve and Grace Palmer who also star in the series as Ellie and Gwen Goode. According to this article from Deadline, “it is a comedy series set in small New Zealand town […]
InvoCare, the largest public purveyor of death care services in Australia, reported their first half year results for 2021 recently. The earnings call transcript, which you can access here, also gave some glimpses into the future of funeral service companies, at least in Australia. As you may know, Australia has had a severe lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. The first half of 2021 eased those restrictions somewhat and that was partially the reason that InvoCare saw a 13% increase in […]
