In a recent Statement Batesville Casket Company said that the Lower Cost Funeral will be the future for everyone. This is an incredible statement for the leading casket maker in the Traditional Funeral Industry to make.
“In addition to a lower number of deaths, we believe the year-over-year rise in the cremation rates for the quarter was higher than it has been historically. As we’ve discussed in previous calls, the economic crisis led consumers to seek lower cost funeral alternatives which in turn caused the growth in the cremation rate to spike in the second and third quarters of 2009. We’ve seen it moderate somewhat over the past two quarters but it still remains above the historical increases of approximately 120 basis points. Looking ahead, we believe the cremation rate will continue to normalize but the fact is over time, cremations will continue to grow to replace burials.via seekingalpha.com”
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February 8th, 2010
Graphic from NFDA Survey illustrating lower cost funeral
There is a graphic available illustrating the lower cost funeral. There are 7 steps to a lower cost funeral illustrated in this graphic.
1. Choose a Less Expensive Casket
2. Choose Cremation
3. Have less expensive services and related events.
4.Do not have a family Limosine.
5. No flower Van or car
6.Have fewer Flower memorials
7. Purchase less expensive urns and Keepsakes.
Graphic credit-www.ivpressonline.com
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January 13th, 2010Latest Lower Cost Funeral|Your Funeral Guy Press Release-This will help with your lower cost funeral
R. Brian Burkhardt, funeral director and “Your Funeral Guy” blogger, is quoted by the AP as stating of the benefits the move will have for consumers,
“You can get a quality casket for $1,000 rather than pay $2,000, $3,000 or $5,000 in a funeral home. That’s where it helps the consumer.”
Wal-Mart ads caskets and urns to online product offerings
The retail giant has begun selling caskets and urns online.
Bentonville, Arkansas (WiredPRNews.com) – Wal-Mart is now offering caskets and urns for sale online. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the move may provide increased competition for funeral homes, which typically sell their caskets for significantly higher than Wal-Mart’s current price offerings.
R. Brian Burkhardt, funeral director and “Your Funeral Guy” blogger, is quoted by the AP as stating of the benefits the move will have for consumers,
“You can get a quality casket for $1,000 rather than pay $2,000, $3,000 or $5,000 in a funeral home. That’s where it helps the consumer.”
Some, however, believe Wal-Mart’s online sales will not be a threat to funeral home businesses. Pat Lynch, president-elect of the National Funeral Home Directors Association, is further quoted by the AP as stating, “There’s no question in my mind as a funeral director for nearly 40 years that the most critical element is the human contact.”
As noted in the report, the retail giant’s competitor Costco previously began offering the items for sale online as well.
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December 7th, 2009
Lower Cost Funeral Guy Featured in the Huffington Post
The Lower Cost Funeral Guy has been featured in the Huffington Post-His comments up the Markup on Caskets was carried there along with his perspective of Walmart selling Caskets online.
Snippet from the Huffington Post:
The move gives more power to consumers and helps them avoid high mark-ups on caskets, which can often be several hundred percent, said R. Brian Burkhardt, a funeral director who blogs as “Your Funeral Guy.”
“You can get a quality casket for $1,000 rather than pay $2,000, $3,000 or $5,000 in a funeral home. That’s where it helps the consumer,” he said.
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November 11th, 2009
Do not throw Your Money Down the grave
The lower cost funeral is no joke. It can be accomplished rather easily. That said presented here is a Halloween Joke.
“The back of the hearse flew open and the coffin, with its rollers attached, came out of the back and began rolling down the hill. It accelerated to a frightening rate of speed and just zipped along the street. Citizens who had stopped in respect to the funeral procession had to jump to avoid being hit by the speeding casket.
When the rolling coffin finally began slowing down the street was coming to a “T” and directly ahead was a pharmacy. It crashed through the glass front door of the pharmacy and slid all the way back to the prescription counter. As the coffin hit the counter, the lid flew open and the corpse sat up right in front of the pharmacist on duty. The surprised pharmacist automatically said, “May I help you?”
The corpse asked, “Yes, do you have anything to stop my coffin?”-Snippet from misscellania.com
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