At the HD Yesterday and was talking to Outdoor Garden guys about pellets.
Said they had a tractor load come in [22 pallets] and they we;re gone by late afternoon.
I asked if lot of people are buying online or paying in advance in the store and they said yes.
Most of the sales go that way....
What I didn't know was although they will let u know when your pellets arrive,
they have no idea of which brand is coming in...
Said they deal with 5 different suppliers....btw: the last batch that came and sold out were Presto logs.
Before that was Fireside Ultras and Stove chows before that.
so.., you pretty much have to buy what comes in when your number is called I assume?
At this point in time I guess ya can't be picky if you don't have any yet.
Garden guys said doesn't matter since most of the pellets come from Energex so they are all the same.
Absolutley Not true.
.They Bag/distribute many brands for Big box stores Under the Energex name but do not manufacture all of them.
didn't get into that with them but Energex,Pa manufactures both the Premium hardwoods and the Golden low ash Pellets.
Energx Canadian plant puts out all the Energex Softwood and Softwood blends and also bags/distributes to Box stores there and US.
Fireside Ultras[Montreal].. being 1 of many.
Smaller pellet manufacturing companies have an easier time selling product to Energex to bag and distribute under the Energex Umbrella
Not so different from Manufacturers selling product to Walmart and having them distribute and sell.
Side note:
example is Energex prem hardwoods and Stove Chows.
burned both last year and Chows are darker in color, less consistent in size,[all over the place] and have a sweet smell when burned..
Said they had a tractor load come in [22 pallets] and they we;re gone by late afternoon.
I asked if lot of people are buying online or paying in advance in the store and they said yes.
Most of the sales go that way....
What I didn't know was although they will let u know when your pellets arrive,
they have no idea of which brand is coming in...
Said they deal with 5 different suppliers....btw: the last batch that came and sold out were Presto logs.
Before that was Fireside Ultras and Stove chows before that.
so.., you pretty much have to buy what comes in when your number is called I assume?
At this point in time I guess ya can't be picky if you don't have any yet.
Garden guys said doesn't matter since most of the pellets come from Energex so they are all the same.
Absolutley Not true.
.They Bag/distribute many brands for Big box stores Under the Energex name but do not manufacture all of them.
didn't get into that with them but Energex,Pa manufactures both the Premium hardwoods and the Golden low ash Pellets.
Energx Canadian plant puts out all the Energex Softwood and Softwood blends and also bags/distributes to Box stores there and US.
Fireside Ultras[Montreal].. being 1 of many.
Smaller pellet manufacturing companies have an easier time selling product to Energex to bag and distribute under the Energex Umbrella
Not so different from Manufacturers selling product to Walmart and having them distribute and sell.
Side note:
example is Energex prem hardwoods and Stove Chows.
burned both last year and Chows are darker in color, less consistent in size,[all over the place] and have a sweet smell when burned..
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I told them if there's a choice, I want Blazers.
