Local Ownership vs. National Conglomerates…

What is the difference?

There are some areas of life where business chains have benefited the consumer. Examples would be the Wal-Mart and K-Mart Chains offering lower prices for goods, but there are also examples where chain ownership results in lower benefit.

A funeral is an important event that is best left to a trusted, reputable family friend. The conglomerates would have you believe because they are bigger they can serve you better. Their real goal is bigger profits, not better service.

Personal attention, a caring attitude and professionalism are the qualities of a local family business. Our community deserves better– better attention, better service, better choices and therefore better value.

For your information, the following is a list of chain owned funeral homes located in the greater Corning-Elmira area.

Loewen Group of Brunaby, British Columbia
Carpenter’s Funeral Homes, Inc. of Corning
Bielby Funeral Home of Corning
Hills Funeral Home of Big Flats
Ballard and Lindgren Funeral Home of Elmira Heights

Service Corporation International of Houston, TX
James D. Barrett Funeral Home Inc. of Elmira