7-Eleven has already made 77 deliveries by drone
By Nicole Lee From engadget
Way ahead of you, Amazon.
Sure, Amazon made its first drone delivery last week, but 7-Eleven already has it beat. Today, the convenience store company announced that it has already made a total of 77 deliveries by drone in the state of Nevada. Of course the caveat here is that 7-Eleven relied on Flirtey, a drone delivery service company that’s already made a name for itself by deliveringDomino’s in New Zealand and textbooks in Australia. It also made the first FAA-approved urban drone delivery earlier this year.
Though the deliveries kicked off in July, it was in November when the company started making regular weekend deliveries from a 7-Eleven store to about a dozen customers. They used a custom app to place their orders, which included everything from hot and cold food to over-the-counter medication. The items are then loaded into a special drone container. The app tells them when the drone is loaded up, when it’s left the store and when it’s arrived at their home. According to a press release, deliveries took less than 10 minutes.
The deliveries are isolated to just Nevada for now, but 7-Eleven and Flirtey hopes to expand their drone services next year.
