Tag: flytrex

“Food delivery has reached new heights” intoned the video played with dramatic music at the Food On Demand Conference today. People look skyward, gasping, from atop a horse or in their car, then customers make a mad dash to their backyard as an El Pollo Loco-branded drone lowers their food via a cable, right at their feet. “Introducing Air Loco, the first national restaurant to deliver by air,” the video says, and just like that, the Jetsons become a reality. Flytrex, an Israeli company, produces the drones, partnering first with Wal-Mart and now with U.S. restaurant companies from select but rapidly expanding locations. Read...

In partnership with Causey Aviation Unmanned, the Federal Aviation Administration, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, The Town of Holly Springs, and Kite Realty Group Trust, Flytrex has begun delivering food orders via drone in partnership with Brinker International – owner of Chili’s Grill & Bar, It’s Just Wings and Maggiano’s Little Italy – at the Holly Springs Towne Center to front and backyards in the neighborhood of Forest Springs. Read...

Flytrex, an Israeli drone delivery company working with Walmart and other partners, is working to bring purchases to customers immediately. The startup’s autonomous drones, which they make themselves, are capable of carrying six-pound deliveries up to three and a half miles. Read...