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Natural Organic Reduction now operating in Colorado

By Funeral Director Daily / September 22, 2021 /

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…

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Don’t let inflation leave your business behind

By Funeral Director Daily / September 21, 2021 /

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…

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Where have all the men gone?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 20, 2021 /

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…

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More companies hope to cash in on the changing face of Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / September 17, 2021 /

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…

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Better Place Forests adds 10th memorial forest

By Funeral Director Daily / September 16, 2021 /

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…

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Several Florida funeral homes and churches pledge “no indoor funerals”

By Funeral Director Daily / September 15, 2021 /

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 . . . . …

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The vaccine mandate. . . your business, your employees

By Funeral Director Daily / September 14, 2021 /

“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…

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Good Grief to be seen in USA, Canada, and Great Britain

By Funeral Director Daily / September 10, 2021 /

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…

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InvoCare reports first half year. . . gives us a glimpse of future funeral home revenue sources

By Funeral Director Daily / September 9, 2021 /

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…

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We just passed Labor Day. . . time to start planning for next year

By Funeral Director Daily / September 8, 2021 /

When I was in my working and funeral home owning/ managing years Labor Day passed and Angie got the kids off for a new school year and I started the financial planning for the next year at the funeral home.  Yes, the 3rd Quarter was not even completed in the current year and there was…

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