Funeral Consumers Alliance

Hey, guys. Don't you have to pay mortgages, taxes, and maintenance on "branch" facilities, too? Those are the reasons I counted roofs when I first put this chart together some years ago. If you're doing fewer than 100 calls a year--whether under one roof or three roofs--you have to charge a lot more per call than a facility doing say 300 calls a year to cover those expenses. When I was growing up, the sign in a small Vermont town said "Upholstery, Hardware, Undertaking." They knew it was a part-time job. Alas, many FDs want full-time pay for part-time work. BTW, on the west coast--where supply and demand are in closer sync--prices tend to be lower.