GUZMAN Y GOMEZ TO START DELIVERING BURRITOS BY DRONES

MEXICAN takeaway chain Guzman Y Gomez has teamed up with Google's parent company Alphabet to begin trialling commercial drone deliveries.

Alphabet's innovation lab will partner with Guzman Y Gomez and Chemist Warehouse to trail drone deliveries in rural New South Wales.

The initiative, named Project Wing, will facilitate the delivery of Guzman's menu and nearly 100 Chemist Warehouse products to households in Royalla, which is on the border of New South Wales and the ACT.

Those living in Royalla will be able to have Guzman food delivered to them by a drone using an app on smartphones.

Drones will deliver Guzman's Mexican food directly into the backyards or doorsteps of customers.

The Project Wing initiative is the largest-scale drone trial in Australia so far. The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) has given the project the green light, after it backed a drone delivery trial by Australia Post earlier this year. Read more

David Simmons - Business News Australia - 18 Oct 2017