Posted on 08/25/2016 5:58:07 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Aerial pizza delivery may sound futuristic but Domino's has been given the green light to test New Zealand pizza delivery via drones.
The fast food chain has partnered with drone business Flirtey to launch the first commercial drone delivery service in the world, starting later this year.
Domino's Group chief executive and managing director, Don Meij said the company had been investigating innovative and new delivery methods as business had grown.
This included looking at robotic delivery, which the government is still considering.
Details around where the trial would be held have been kept under wraps - however Domino's said it would use drone delivery alongside its usual delivery methods - and only where it would be faster than the use of a car or scooter.
It will offer drone delivery specials at the launch of the trial with plans to extend the dimensions, weight and distance of the deliveries throughout the trial, based on results and customer feedback.
The company will not offer the full range of its products for drone delivery - and only those customers within a certain distance from a store will be served from the air.
"With the increased number of deliveries we make each year, we were faced with the challenge of ensuring our delivery times continue to decrease and that we strive to offer our customers new and progressive ways of ordering from us," Meij said.
"Research into different delivery methods led us to Flirtey. Their success within the airborne delivery space has been impressive and it's something we have wanted to offer our customers," he said.
YES!
Urban sporting clays, now with a prize in every box!
I don’t know. Buckshot isn’t a topping I would select.
How do you keep it hot? How much do you tip a drone?
Turkey choke, and know your pattern. No need for buck, #9 will bring that down at over 100 ft.
What would we do without givernment?
Crikey, how do the fly all the way to New Zealand????
I was thinking #4 bird in a 20 ga would do the trick.
Even a 410.
Ok then but does the original orderer get a free pizza since it wasn’t delivered in 30 minutes or less?
The govt is going to confiscate all guns for the good of drone delivery. Then it will be bows and arrows, then rocks.
Drones are targets. Plus, drones can cause injury. This has to be pure publicity stunt at this stage.
That would be “seconds” without the need to reorder.
Imagine these things flying over the hood. It will sound like a war zone
Drug dealers could steal them and reuse them to make their 'deliveries'. :)
“How much do you tip a drone?”
..at least the franchise owner isn’t being forced to pay the drone a $15/hr minimum wage.
Delivering one with a chauffeur-driven limousine wouldn’t get me to order one. I’d rather eat the car’s floor mat. I make my own dough and sauce. High quality toppings come next.
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