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Pilot with Drone Express to provide customers with on-the-spot service The Kroger Co. has launched a pilot to deliver online grocery orders — to nearly any location — by autonomous drones. Under a partnership with Drone Express, a division of TELEGRID Technologies, Kroger will be able to deliver products not just to a street address but also on the spot, such as bringing picnic supplies to a park, sunscreen to the beach or condiments to a backyard cookout, the Cincinnati-based grocer said Monday. The technology from Drone Express enables package delivery to the location of a smartph...

Courtesy of Kroger Kroger on Monday announced a partnership with New Jersey-based Drone Express to pilot grocery delivery via drones, part of what the Cincinnati company called "the evolution of our rapidly growing and innovative e-commerce business." "The pilot reinforces the importance of flexibility and immediacy to customers, powered by modern and efficient last-mile solutions," Kroger's Group Vice President of Product Experience Jody Kalmbach said in a release. "We're excited to test drone delivery and gain insights that will inform expansion plans as well as customer solutions.  The ...

Kroger joins drone delivery race with pilot from Ohio store BLOOMBERG Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO, wants to double the retailer's digital sales by 2023. Kroger Co. is diving into drone delivery, starting a pilot at a store near its Cincinnati headquarters. The Cincinnati-based supermarket chain is partnering with Drone Express, a unit of Telegrid Technologies, to deliver groceries from a store in Centerville, Ohio, later this spring, the companies said in a statement on Monday, May 3. The technology allows for deliveries of up to five pounds to cus...

May 3, 2021 The Kroger Co. and Drone Express announced a pilot to offer grocery delivery via autonomous drones. "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 i...

Share: Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) has teamed with Drone Express, a division of Telegrid Technologies Inc., on a pilot program to offer groceries delivery by autonomous drones. Look, Up In The Sky! The pilot program will be conducted this week near the Kroger Marketplace in Centerville, Ohio, with Drone Express pilots operating their flying grocery delivery vehicles from both an on-site trailer and an off-site center. If all goes well, drone deliveries from that supermarket will commence later this spring. A second pilot program is scheduled this summer in California with a grocery store belonging ...