Key Facts

  • Over 1,200 Epson units installed in every county of England, across the UK, France, Benelux and Italy.

  • 86% reduction in energy and carbon dioxide used by print fleet

  • 103,664 kg of CO2 eliminated from supply chain

  • 97% reduction in consumable items

  • 40,000 consumables items removed from supply chain, eliminating 35 tonnes of plastic waste

EG Group was founded in Blackburn in 2001 and has grown to a global retailer with annual sales over £30 billion from 6,000 stores across Europe, the US and Australia.

When we first met EG Group it was quickly established that the consistent supply of consumable items was the key pain point in their print operations along with escalating costs. The Ricoh product that was in place produced 2,000 pages per toner cartridge, compared to 40,000 pages from the Epson equivalent product. This meant that we could install an Epson WF-M5799 product with 40,000 pages of ink installed and then send a replacement ink in around three years time. This cut the average number of deliveries to site from 35 per site over five years to just one or two over five years.

Javid Patel, Head of Purchasing for EG Group, said: “As a growing international, customer-centric organisation, our priority when considering any operational change is to ensure we retain our high standards of efficiency and customer experience. Paul’s energy-saving proposition with the Epson printer aligned closely with our global commitment to build a sustainable business model, and it beat any stereotype that eco savings would be a compromise on cost or productivity.

We print shelf edge labelling and pricing with our in-store printers so any interruption to the printing has animmediate effect on the shop floor.

I’m happy that the Epson installation has cut our costs and has increased the reliability of essential store printing operations. The support has been excellent. We have a small but capable and dedicated supplier backed by a large corporate support structure.”

The products installed include the Epson WF-M5799, WF-C20590, WF-C879R & WF-C579R.