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Positioned for the Ongoing Pandemic & Beyond

Why Salem Stones?

Because even in a pandemic, we put our customers’ needs first.
We know that you want to do your best to take care of the families who are depending on you at a vulnerable and emotional time. We share that sense of responsibility. At Salem Stones, we were determined that the pandemic would not interrupt our operations. Especially when we know what our partners, and in turn the families they serve, are facing.
We’ve taken a number of measures to ensure we continue to deliver.

What Sets Us Apart

Positioned for the Ongoing Pandemic & Beyond

Understandably, the Pandemic has turned nearly everything upside down.
However, at Salem Stones, we were determined that our operations would not be interrupted. Especially when we knew what our partners, and in turn the families they serve, are facing.

Here’s a look at the measures we’ve taken over the past 11 months to ensure we continue to deliver.

Enhanced Communication

Communication is always key. That’s why we make it a priority. With the status of shipments from India and China changing rapidly due to port closings, we enhanced our communication with customers, making sure they stayed updated every step of the way. This is particularly important amid so much uncertainty.

Bolstered Inventory

With close to 20,000 monuments in stock, Salem Stones has one of the largest inventories in the country. We’ve worked hard to maintain this extensive inventory throughout the Pandemic. That means a monument found in our inventory can typically be shipped in 3-5 days.

Promises Kept

At Salem Stones, we are committed to meet every Promise Date, the date customers can count on receipt of their monument. Even during the Pandemic, that hasn’t changed. Delivery of custom monuments from overseas are presently taking about 120-130 days. Families plan their services around this Promise Date. We know how important it is and therefore don’t miss it.

Reliable Network

Many wholesalers have experienced disruptions in their supply networks. Not Salem Stones. Over the past 15 years we’ve established the best network of suppliers in the industry in order to deliver the highest quality granite available.

Open & Operating

As an essential business, we are pleased to share that there have been no closures, layoffs or interruptions at Salem Stones. In fact, we’ve shipped 40% more monuments throughout the Pandemic. We recognize how difficult this crisis is, and we are proud to provide products to our customers and the families they serve.

2 Strategic Distribution Centers
6 Regional Managers to assist you every step of the way!

Salem Stones: Tariffs update 10/7/19

Dear Customer

  • As you are aware, currently Salem Stones charges the customers 20% tariff surcharge on all Memorials from China (in response to 25% US tariffs on Chinese products)
  • Effective October 15th, 2019, the US government has changed the customs duty by an additional 5% for all memorials imported from China.
  • In response, Salem Stones will charge customers a 25% tariff surcharge for all Chinese Memorial orders placed on or after October 15, 2019
  • There will be No Tariff related surcharges for any memorials imported from India. 

How will this affect your existing orders and future orders with us?

Monument from India:

  • Existing orders: 0% Surcharge
  • Orders from October 1, 2019: 0% Surcharge

Monuments from China:

  • Existing orders: 20% Surcharge
  • Orders from October 1, 2019: 25% Surcharge

 How will this tariffs affect Salem Stones pricing to the customers?

It will affect the following:

  • All products in
    • Group 1 (China Grey and Ocean Wave),
    • Group 2 (Dark Cloud, Imperial Rose and Silver Cloud),
    • Group 6 (China Pink, Butterfly Blue) and
    • Group 8 ( Blue Pearl)
    • Select Products in Groups 3, Group 4, Group 5 and Group 7. This includes Carvings from china, Personal cremation units, Mausoleums and Columbarium.

It will not affect our pricing on the following:

  • Flush, Bevel and Slant markers, Serptops and other special designs like Double heart, Tear drops in
    • Group 3 (Rustic Brown, Vintage Black)
    • Group 4 (Premium Jet Black, India Mist, Impala Black)
    • Group 5 (Bahama Blue, Paradiso, Indian Mahogany, Tan Brown, Red Multicolor, Spring Green, Coffee Brown, Tropical Green, Twilight Red
    • Group 7 ( India red, Catseye, Aurora Red and Black Galaxy)
    • Domestic Stones like Georgia Grey, North American Pink, American Black, Dakota Mahogany etc 

Important things to note: 

  1. Salem Stones imports Majority of products from India. As a granite supplier we will protect you as much as possible from this tariffs by sourcing the products from India.
  • All our Premium Jet Black Markers, Serptops, Special Designs and most of the carvings comes from India.
  • We are beginning to import all of the sculpted carvings of Flowers and Trees from India.
  • We are working on getting the Blue Pearl ( HQ plus) material in India
  1. These tariffs and resulting surcharges might be temporary in nature. So this will show as separate line items in our order confirmation and invoices.
  2. If the tariffs go away in the future, we will stop the surcharges accordingly.

Columbarium Winner

St. Michael Catholic Cemetery in Sioux Falls, S. Dakota, Expanding its Cremation Garden With Help From Salem Stones

Dan Johnson, director of St. Michael Catholic Cemetery in Sioux Falls, S. Dakota, has plans for his cremation garden courtesy of a free 48 Niche Columbarium from Salem Stones.

The columbarium is part of Salem Stones Columbarium Giveaway to help one cemetery adapt to the growing cremation garden trend.

“The cremation rate was almost 49 percent nationwide just a couple years ago. This is no secret to the industry,” said Lenin Kailasammani, owner of Salem Stones. “We know cemeteries and the families they serve are looking for options. This columbarium program is a way for us to open the door to conversations to discuss ways we can provide direction and guidance on the expansion or development of a cremation garden.”

Each person who entered Salem Stones Columbarium Giveaway is receiving a free cremation garden consultation and a customized conceptual garden sketch from its partnering team of landscape architects and designers. The value of the columbarium is $5,750.

Johnson has plans for St Michael Catholic Cemetery. The columbarium will be used to expand upon its current above ground cremation garden.

“I was ecstatic when I was notified. We’re very blessed to win this,” said Johnson. “This fits into our long-term vision of having a garden with Our Lady of Fatima as the focal point surrounded by four columbaria and stations of the cross.”

Johnson explained that since cremation is growing, the cemetery must be ready and prepared to handle the families choosing this option, and make it a place of prayer, meditation, and gathering.

“People want to be buried in a beautiful cemetery. I want people to come here and memorialize and remember the good times, have that family spend time with their loved ones.

Salem Stones is a trusted partner of granite memorials to the cemetery industry. Its focus is on helping cemetery owners and operators deliver reliable, customized memorials of exceptional quality so they can exceed the expectations of the families they serve. Salem Stones has a wide variety of inventory including monuments, mausoleums and columbaria in its two warehouses located in Columbus, Ohio, and Elberton, Georgia.

Contact Salem Stones about how we can help you with your cremation garden.

New Columbus Location!

Over the past few years, thanks to the support of our customers, Salem Stones has seen tremendous growth. We continued to expand our inventory offerings, and have now outgrown our Columbus location. Our new warehouse, located just 15 minutes south of our current location, will give us 130,000 sq ft to operate. This means more inventory and quicker service for you.

As we transition into our new location, we wanted to give you a heads-up on how this move may impact you.

  • No orders will ship from November 16th-27th. Customer pick-ups will not be allowed during this time as well.
  • All operations will resume as normal on November 28th from our NEW location (4849 Groveport Road, Obetz, OH 43207).
  • Any new orders needed before Thanksgiving must be placed by November 9th.
  • Customer Service will continue to be available during normal office hours.
Please call our main office line at 866-834-1219, or email us with any questions. As always, thank you for your business.

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