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Kroger says it will begin testing drone delivery this week Kroger and last updated 2021-05-03 09:27:02-04 Kroger, the country’s largest grocery chain, says it will begin testing drone delivery this week at a store in Ohio. In a press release on Monday, Kroger said the new feature will allow customers to place orders with their smartphones and have it delivered directly to them "within as little as 15 minutes." According to the press release, the drones will track a customer to their smartphone location, meaning that once the grocery chain scales up the program, it will be able to deliver...

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...

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 ...

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. "T...