Coronavirus: Grocer uses robots to delivery grocery orders amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Sunday, March 29, 2020
Grocer using delivery robots during coronavirus pandemic
Grocer using delivery robots during coronavirus pandemicA market outside of Washington, D.C is experimenting with using robots to deliver groceries amid the COVID-1919 pandemic.

WASHINGTON D.C. -- A market outside of Washington, D.C is experimenting with using robots to deliver groceries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Broad Branch Market, in Chevy Chase, said service remains a top priority.

"It's a big responsibility, we feel like we need to be here," owner Tracy Stannard, told WJLA.

For three days, Stannard has been using four 45-pound robots to deliver goods from her market to neighbors within a mile of her store.

The delivery service is free, as part of a beta test with the company Starship, and a modern twist to the store that has been in the community for a century.

"It has been great, people rely on us for groceries," Stannard said.

The market has also instituted a 10-customer limit inside the store.

One customer said she received her order from the robots in less than 30 minutes.

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