funeral homes
I came across this recent article from Yahoo Finance titled “Climate change is ending the Sun Belt boom” and it reminded me how demographics can and will affect the operations of your funeral home. The short article was very interesting and contends, with the use of decade maps over the past 50 years…
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It was back in June when the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) issued its 2024 Annual Statistical Report. That report showed as CANA said, “. . . “the national cremation rate has grown steadily and predictably for the last 50 years, indicating that neither the recession nor the pandemic have influenced the growth…
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According to this article from Mac’s Motor City Garage “Chevrolet truly was working to be all things to all Americans. If the carmaker had its way, every American would be driving a Chevy. And in 1974, James Hartzell, a copywriter for Campbell Ewald, the division’s longtime ad agency, created a slogan that united…
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Johnny and Stacey Grimes are the owners of the Grimes Funeral Home in Kerrville, Texas, and according to this article from the Hill Country Community Journal they recently purchased the two Garden of Memories cemeteries in Kerrville to expand their business. More often you see family funeral homes acquire other funeral homes…
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We’ve all heard the saying, “The grass is greener on the other side of the street“. And, what that pertains to is that wherever you are, in whatever situation you are in, it always appears that life would be a little easier somewhere else. However, until you have tried that “somewhere else” do…
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I’m guessing that if somebody asked you to picture an “old time mortician” in your mind, you might think somewhat like I do and picture that pioneer mortician so often portrayed from the days of the United States westward expansion during the 2nd half of the 1800’s. That time period between…
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All states have some type of restriction on who can fill in and file death certificates online. And, in most states, that responsibility lies many times with licensed funeral directors and morticians. This article from Delaware Public Radio WDDE tells us of a discrimination lawsuit being filed by the American Civil Liberties Union…
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A quote from John R. Dijulius III goes like this “If you want to see how a company is doing today, look at their current sales; if you want to know how a company will perform in the future, look at their current Customer Satisfaction scores”. Customer satisfaction has always been a goal…
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Matthews International is a company that according to this rating action from Fitch, collects 45% of its revenue from its Memorialization Segment and also brings home approximately 60% of its EBITDA from that source. As you may know, Matthews International is the parent company of Aurora Casket and Matthews Cremation and other death…
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In an effort to help alleviate some of the worker shortages in the funeral home profession the State of Minnesota Legislature passed what is known as the “Transfer Care Specialist” category for funeral homes this past session. That category of workers became effective on July 1 and is now in effect. In…
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