March 2019

Page A40 MARCH 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A (Memories of Jack’s Recipes) Original Recipes from Dottie and Jack Frediani Shared by Kate Frediani-Gorman Cremation Products Inc. 800-837-0701 www.cremationproductsinc.com Instead of corned beef and cabbage, let’s serve up an Irish Stew this St. Paddy’s Day. We’ll use lamb, instead of “sheep”!!! IRISH STEW 1½ lbs lamb stew meat 4 cups water 1 medium onion, sliced ½ cup cubed turnip 2 Tbs flour ½ tsp each dried thyme, marjoram and rosemary, crushed ½ tsp pepper 1 tsp salt 2 tsp olive oil 2 cups potatoes, peeled and sliced ½ cup carrots, sliced 2 Tbs fat-free milk 3 Tbs minced parsley In a Dutch oven, brown lamb in oil over medium heat. Add water; bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Add potatoes onion, carrot, turnip and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. In a small bowl, combine the flour and milk until smooth; stir into stew. Add parsley. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. ROAST POTATOES WITH WINE AND ONIONS 2 Tbs olive oil 1-2 large onions, sliced 3 cloves garlic, sliced 10 small red potatoes ½ tsp salt Freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 cup white wine 1 Tbs chopped parsley (optional) Preheat oven to 450º F. Heat the olive oil over moderately high heat in an ovenproof roasting pan or skillet that is just large enough to hold the potatoes in a single layer. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion softens, about 3 minutes. Add the potatoes, salt and pepper. Sauté for 5 minutes, then add the wine and transfer the pan to the oven. Bake, uncov- ered, until the potatoes are tender, and most but not all of the wine has evaporated, about 35 minutes. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them in half. To serve, reheat the potatoes and onions and toss with parsley. Makes 4 servings. Memoires des choix des Jacque Good Eating! Alan Creedy Announces “A Dummies Guide to Buying & Selling” Workshop News Educational ContinueD RALEIGH,NC— Alan Creedy, chief strategist at Creedy and Company, is known to say, “For funeral home owners, nothing can be said to be certain, ex- cept death, taxes and suc- cession”. At some point in their career, every own- er is confronted with the question, “What do I do now?” Creedy’s “A Dum- mies Guide to Buying and Selling” workshop will help funeral home owners begin the process of planning for the inevitable exit from the profession – or, conversely, how to go about acquiring additional firms should that be the goal. “Years ago, I realized that practitioners don’t learn well in seminars. Too often, they return home and fail to apply what they learned to their own business,” commented Creedy. “So, I developed the Un-seminar, styled after the book Blue Ocean Strategy. My Blue Ocean Tours take practitio- ners through ‘hands-on’ ex- periential workshops that enable them to apply what they are hearing to their own business... before they go home.” Blue Ocean Tours have been specifically designed to empower practitioners to learn and apply simpli- fied concepts to their own business. The results have been dramatic and perma- nent. Blue Ocean attend- ees implement what they learn within months of re- turning home with great results. “According to The Finan- cial Post magazine, as much as 75 percent of small busi- ness owners are expected to exit their business in the next ten years,” added Creedy. “This means that almost every independent funeral home owner will be sitting on either the buying or the selling side of the ta- ble in some respect.” This one and a half day workshop is intended for those seeking to learn more about the buying and sell- ing process. The work- shop is scheduled to take place March 31 to April 2 in downtown Charlotte. As with past Blue Ocean workshops, the seminar will include a mix of classroom learning and a field trip. Key Workshop Take- aways for Sellers include: How to build value and in- crease cash flow; EBITDA vs. Seller Discretionary In- come; How to plan your succession and get Uncle Sam to help; and What kind of buyer do you want – your kids, your employ- ees or a third party. Key Workshop Take- aways for Buyers include: How to generate buying opportunities; How to value a business; How to make an offer; Know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em; and Post-pur- chase issues. Creedy has assembled an all-star faculty of speakers for the seminar including: David Hernandez, a first generation funeral direc- tor who over the past de- cade, has grown from one location to ten firms, serv- ing more than 1200 fam- ilies each year; Greg Roll- ings, president and CEO of Rollings Funeral Ser- vice. Since 2001, Greg has accumulated a total of 35 firms serving more than 4000 families each year; Erin Whitaker, senior vice president of Founda- tion Partners Group, fo- cuses on Business Devel- opment, a role that gives her a sound and practical perspective on buying and selling; Danny Jefferson, American Funeral Director magazine’s 2017 Funeral Director of The Year; and Steve Shaffer, president and CEO of Homestead- ers Life Company. “This year’s ICCFA con- vention begins April 2nd in Charlotte and we have booked the headquarters hotel, the Westin Down- town Charlotte, for our seminar,” added Creedy. “This will allow seminar at- tendees to stay over and at- tend the convention with minimal hassles or inter- ruptions.” More details about the seminar as well as information on registra- tion are available at: https:// funeralhomeconsulting. org/2019-blue-ocean-tour/ Headquartered in Greens- boro, NC, Creedy & Com- pany is a Business Advi- sory Service founded by Alan Creedy in 2008. 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