Kroger begins testing home grocery delivery with drones
Kroger is testing drone delivery technology it says is smart enough to soon deliver barbeque sauce not only to your doorstep but your neighborhood cookout in as little as 15 minutes.
Testing will begin this week near its Kroger Marketplace store in Centerville, between Cincinnati and Dayton. The flights will be managed by licensed pilots with Kroger s partner, Drone Express.
Customer deliveries are scheduled to begin later this spring, and a second pilot is scheduled to launch this summer at a store in California, where Kroger operates is Ralphs subsidiary.
The testing comes after Kroger s e-commerce sales hit $10 billion last year and the company begins ramping up its home-delivery service aimed at doubling that figure by the end of 2023.
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Updated: 9:48 AM EDT May 3, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Kroger is testing out drone technology to deliver groceries this week near one of its stores in Centerville.Kroger will be testing the drones using Drone Express, a division of TELEGRID Technologies, Inc. Kroger s new drone delivery pilot is part of the evolution of our rapidly growing and innovative e-commerce business – which includes pickup, delivery and shipping and reached more than $10 billion in sales in 2020, said Kroger s Jody Kalmbach, group vice president of product experience. The pilot reinforces the importance of flexibility and immediacy to customers, powered by modern, cost-effective and efficient last-mile solutions. We re excited to test drone delivery and gain insights that will inform expansion plans as well as future customer solutions. The drones will be able to deliver groceries right to the location of a customer s smartphone, so people can order grocerie
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The Kroger Co. and Drone Express Monday announced a pilot to offer grocery delivery via autonomous drones.
Drone Express will commence test flights this week near the Kroger Marketplace in Centerville. The flights will be managed by licensed Drone Express pilots from an on-site trailer with additional off-site monitoring.
Kroger
May 03, 2021
The Kroger Co. and Drone Express, a division of TELEGRID Technologies Inc., announced a pilot to offer grocery delivery via autonomous drones, expanding the retailer s seamless ecosystem and providing customers with anything, anytime, anywhere. Kroger s new drone delivery pilot is part of the evolution of our rapidly growing and innovative e-commerce business – which includes pickup, delivery, and ship and reached more than $10 billion in sales in 2020, said Kroger s Jody Kalmbach, group vice president of product experience. The pilot reinforces the importance of flexibility and immediacy to customers, powered by modern, cost-effective, and efficient last-mile solutions. We re excited to test drone delivery and gain insights that will inform expansion plans as well as future customer solutions.