This November, local company Deuce Drone will be testing drone delivery of groceries and restaurant food!
Below, you can read the official unedited press release, and also hear a conversation with Rhett Ross of Deuce Drone.
ROUSES MARKETS TO TESTS
GROCERY DRONE-DELIVERY
COMPANY PARTNERS WITH
GULF COAST-BASED DEUCE DRONE
MOBILE, AL (July 8, 2020) – Rouses Markets announced today that it would test
an unmanned grocery delivery pilot program this Fall. The grocer has partnered
with Deuce Drone to conduct the demonstration with an Aerial Drone Delivery
Interface System (ADDIS) at the Rouses Market on Airport Boulevard in Mobile,
Alabama.
Rouses Markets already offers personal shopping and delivery services that allow
customers to shop online and get deliveries in as little as an hour, but Donny Rouse,
CEO, is committed to exploring more convenient and innovative ways. “Drone delivery
offers the fastest, safest delivery store to door. We should be able to get groceries to
customers in 30 minutes or even less. Plus it’s more cost efficient, meaning we can save
customers time and money.”
Rhett Ross, CEO of Deuce Drone, says Rouses Markets is an ideal test case for
his company’s last-mile delivery solution because of its footprint, and
commitment to being first with everything. “We’re excited to partner with Rouses
Markets and work together to alter the landscape of home delivery.”
Deuce Drone’s impressive team of aerospace, construction, and technology
experts is leading the way in e-commerce fulfillment. The company is responsible
for the design of ADDIS, including its automated operation of the landing,
recharging and package handling systems. All portions of the drone and the
related activities of ADDIS meet or exceed Federal, State and Local regulations
and codes.