pet cremation
You can read this article from Australia’s Market Herald that announced that Australia’s largest human funeral and cremation provider finalized a deal to purchase two pet cremation business in the country for a combined price of US $36.44 million ($49.8 million in Australian dollars). We learned that last week, InvoCare, purchased Family Pet Care and…
Read MoreThis article from the Albert Lea Tribune tells us that Wells, Minnesota, funeral director Susan Nasinec and her husband Nathan, are moving forward with plans to construct a new funeral home in Wells. Nasinec told the newspaper that the couple wants to serve the community the best they can and a new building would be…
Read MoreThose of you who have followed this publication for any length of time know that I like to hypothesize on what I see are trends in business. And, you’ve also seen my post sometimes in reference to serving on the board of the University of Minnesota. One of my fun things to do now is…
Read More2019 is soon coming to a close and I’ve thought about what has this year taught me in relation to the death care industry. There has been mergers and acquisitions, there has been the legalization of recomposition, there has been the continued growth of the alkaline hydrolysis business and more. However, one of the items…
Read MoreIn 2011 Davina Bambrick was forced to euthanize her 14-year old dog, Bennie. She now says that the worst of that situation was when “Bennie was abruptly whisked away” after being euthanized. She commented recently, “It was kind of an unusual process, that lacked a lot of care or empathy at the time. We weren’t…
Read MoreA couple of things happened on Thursday (yesterday) that put the idea for this article in my mind. First of all, I was involved in a brain-storming session that centered partly on how to reduce tuition costs for college students. And then, later in the afternoon I was watching the business channel, CNBC, as I…
Read MoreIt’s Friday and we just thought that we would bring you some stories and/or news videos from around the profession to end the week. Here is what we have for you today: Pet Loss: This short news video story from a Texas television station tells the story of a pet crematory that has allegedly had…
Read MoreThe standard “What business are you in” history lesson is still taught at the nation’s top business schools. That lesson goes way back to when I was in college and contemplates the question of how you define your business may actually make or break the business as the business goes forward in times of technological…
Read MoreAccording to this article from the Pine Journal, Bob and Karen Atkins operate the Atkins-Northland Funeral Home and Crematory in Cloquet, Minnesota. The couple is responsible for a business with a volume of about 160 deaths annually and when the cremation percentage started to rise they decided to put in a human crematory instead of…
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