eziFunerals and Funeral Celebrants Association Australia (FCAA) are pleased to announce that they have formed a strategic partnership to promote their services and their common commitment to public education, transparency and independence within the Australian funeral industry. eziFunerals is a new online funeral planning platform that supports individuals and families cope with end of life […]
Photo: White Lady Funerals (InvoCare) The Financial review has just published an interesting article (6/8/2018) about the fierce competition for funeral businesses by two ASX-listed operators (InvoCare & Propel Funeral Partners) looking to expand their market share and start to drive price tags up. InvoCare and Propel step up regional funerals fight Why consumers and […]
Did you know that winter is the “death season”? According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in Australia, there are more deaths in the winter months of June, July and August, and less deaths in the summer months of December, January and February. Although pneumonia and influenza were primary causes of death, they […]
Last month we held grave concerns for consumers as public listed company, InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC), acquired another community and family owned funeral home, Archer & Sons based in regional Western Australia. Today we learned that Australia’s largest funeral company will continue its acquisition streak by acquiring Grafton & District Funerals and Clarence Valley Funerals in New […]
Paying for a funeral is one of the biggest purchases we will ever make, yet most of us end up paying way too much for funerals on things we don’t need or want. Why is that? We wouldn’t consider buying a car or paying for a wedding without learning everything we can about the product […]
According to eziFunerals, the high cost of funerals often comes as a result of funeral directors offering bundled packages, with consumers not knowing what they were paying for. In our experience, most funeral directors don’t provide an itemised quote for the cost of a funeral. This makes it hard for you to compare prices and […]