Price Rise Incoming: Order Before 1 Sept to Avoid Paying More

Exceptionally High Consumer Demand During the Heating Season

As decades of experience show, British consumers have a tendency to wait until the very last minute to purchase their wood fuels. This type of consumer behaviour creates a big surge in demand during the colder months. Which translates to price rises as available supply struggles to keep up with the demand.

Just how big of an issue is this? At Lekto, we often sell more fuel in the single month of January than we sell in the 6 months between March and August.

Seasonal Production Schedule

The wood fuel industry is a highly seasonal one. Raw wood is typically harvested and turned into logs and briquettes during the summer. This is when supply is at its highest. 

As the months go on and fuels are purchased, there is less and less supply available for purchase. And as creating new wood fuel is close to impossible in the winter, companies have to raise prices to control demand and avoid the risk of running out of stock completely.

Storage & Delivery Costs

Wood fuel is a product that is both heavy and requires very specific storage conditions. As a result, it is rather costly to store it in large quantities and for a long time. A certain percentage of the winter cost increase goes towards covering these storage costs and the price of any wood fuels that go bad in long-term storage.

Logistical Challenges Brought By High Demand

Delivering wood fuel during the winter, when demand is high, is a lot more difficult than it is during the spring and summer months. Wood fuels are very heavy and take up a lot of space in delivery vans. When a lot of wood fuels are ordered all at once, national delivery services become quickly overwhelmed, which prompts increased delivery costs and longer delivery times.

With the UK wood fuel market becoming incredibly unpredictable, it is impossible for anyone in Britain to know how much prices will rise this year. The prices of everything, from sourcing raw wood material to manufacturing to packaging to warehousing to delivery, often change on a weekly basis.

Lekto has overhauled its entire supply and warehousing system to better handle these fluctuations. This means we are better equipped to shield our customers from sudden price spikes. But even with this solid foundation, we cannot know how much this or that fuel will cost in the future.

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Here are just a few reasons why Lekto is the UK’s #1 wood fuel supplier:

• Superlative product quality. Our products are manufactured to a standard far exceeding the requirements of Defra’s Ready to Burn standard.
• Impeccable customer service experience. As our long-time clients know, our customer support staff is always there to help and give advice.
• Innovative wood briquette products. From Night Briquettes that can burn for a near-magical 8 hours to the UK’s hottest-burning Hardwood Heat Logs, Lekto’s products have properties that are second to none.
• Amazing customer loyalty programme. Get 2 loyalty rewards points for every pound you spend.
• Perfect reputation. With over 15,000 positive customer reviews, Lekto has an impeccable reputation for excellence.
• Free UK delivery. We offer free delivery to the vast majority of UK postcodes on all orders over £75.