funeral business
Have you noticed in the last several years the number of Saturday funeral or memorial services that you conduct in comparison to the services that are done the rest of the week. At least, anecdotally, if you don’t keep statistics, you must feel you are scheduling staff more and more on Saturdays to serve…
Read MoreAlana Durkin Richer of the Associated Press compiled a good article that appeared in the Detroit News that you can read here. The article is on the growing problem of what to do with indigent bodies when states or municipalities responsible for them are either running out of money or the expected reimbursement to funeral…
Read MoreAccording to a press release that you can read here, Legacy Funeral Group of Texas has purchased the Magnolia Chapels of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Magnolia Chapels has served the Tuscaloosa area with two chapels since its founding in 1999. (The link will lead you to Legacy’s web-site where you can learn more on the company).…
Read MoreI read a really nice article the other day on GoErie.com that you can read here about two very longstanding funeral businesses in Erie, Pennsylvania, that have “merged” in order to help both funeral homes operate better. The article is about the Quinn Funeral Home and the Burton Funeral Home, both of Erie, Pennsylvania —…
Read MoreService Corporation International of Houston, Texas, the nation’s largest provider of deathcare services reported 4th Quarter and Year End 2017 results on Tuesday, February 13. You can see the financials and read the commentary here. In a statement, Chief Executive Officer Tom Ryan commented, “We delivered a solid quarter as we close out 2017. .…
Read MoreThe other day I was going thru my daily articles of the industry when I came across two articles, that while not unique to what I read, caused me to pause to think — “How will we solve these problems?” Because, I don’t think that these problems are going to go away with out some…
Read MoreSometimes when you really need to know about your business, you should listen to somebody from the outside. They see that perspective from another view — and many times it is the view that Mr. Outside can see that Mr. Inside has overlooked. So, today, I have found two articles from the people on the…
Read MoreThere is no doubt that in any business the pricing of the product or service must work on at least two levels. The first level being that the price is appropriate enough to draw the customer to – or at least not drive the customer away – from the business. This would be known as…
Read MoreLast week Carriage Services announced that they will continue with their quarterly dividend of 7.5 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on March 1, 2018, to shareholders of record as of February 12, 2018. This amount of $0.075 per quarter translates into a dividend yield for Carriage Services on an annual basis of…
Read MoreIn an article from the Think Advisor which you can read here it was reported that Ogden, Utah based pre-need life insurer Great Western Life Insurance is going to be acquired by American Republic Insurance of Des Moines, Iowa. Great Western is a privately held life insurance company, specializing in Pre-Need funeral insurance started by…
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