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Kathleen Martin
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Drones look set to become a big part of the booming food delivery business, with Vietnamese delectables now taking to Australian skies.
Roll’d Vietnamese announced on Thursday it had teamed up with Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, to deliver its banh mi (baguettes), bao (steamed buns), rice paper rolls and the like via drones in Logan, Queensland and Gungahlin, Canberra.
“With efficient delivery within minutes, Roll’d orders can be placed via the Wing app and will be delivered by a remotely piloted custom drone to customers within a 10km radius of the delivery site,” the chain said in a statement.
In a world first, Wing launched in Canberra in 2019 and is now delivering coffee, curries, burgers, ice cream, groceries, office supplies, pharmacy items and even pet treats to homes and commercial businesses across Crace, Franklin, Harrison, Palmerston, Mitchell and Gungahlin.
In another world first in August last year, Wing began operating a drone delivery “nest” on the rooftop of Grand Plaza in Logan, sending out goods on-demand from a range of businesses at the shopping centre to surrounding suburbs.
Wing says the business took off last year as the pandemic raged on, with deliveries rocketing more than 600 per cent compared to 2020.
Continue reading: https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/drone-company-in-google-stable-leaves-uber-eats-in-dust-with-food-delivery-firsts-in-act-qld/news-story/7c1bb2959db5593ccceeea9e521f629e
Roll’d Vietnamese announced on Thursday it had teamed up with Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, to deliver its banh mi (baguettes), bao (steamed buns), rice paper rolls and the like via drones in Logan, Queensland and Gungahlin, Canberra.
“With efficient delivery within minutes, Roll’d orders can be placed via the Wing app and will be delivered by a remotely piloted custom drone to customers within a 10km radius of the delivery site,” the chain said in a statement.
In a world first, Wing launched in Canberra in 2019 and is now delivering coffee, curries, burgers, ice cream, groceries, office supplies, pharmacy items and even pet treats to homes and commercial businesses across Crace, Franklin, Harrison, Palmerston, Mitchell and Gungahlin.
In another world first in August last year, Wing began operating a drone delivery “nest” on the rooftop of Grand Plaza in Logan, sending out goods on-demand from a range of businesses at the shopping centre to surrounding suburbs.
Wing says the business took off last year as the pandemic raged on, with deliveries rocketing more than 600 per cent compared to 2020.
Continue reading: https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/drone-company-in-google-stable-leaves-uber-eats-in-dust-with-food-delivery-firsts-in-act-qld/news-story/7c1bb2959db5593ccceeea9e521f629e
