Ready for Takeoff: The Promise and Challenges of Restaurant Drone Delivery | Modern Restaurant Management | The Business of Eating & Restaurant Management News

As the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and state government orders restricting dine-in restaurant operations have rendered restaurants largely dependent on takeout and delivery operations, restaurants seeking an alternative to partnering with third party delivery applications such as UberEats and GrubHub are presented with novel technology that could transform food delivery in the 21st Century while decreasing restaurants’ overhead-namely drone delivery. During a pandemic, drone delivery may also enable restaurants to serve customers who feel uncomfortable picking up food from a restaurant or having a delivery drivers come to their homes.

Drone delivery may become a viable cost-effective means for restaurants to increase delivery capacity and reduce dependence on third-party applications without significantly increasing overhead.

In recent years and months, numerous businesses, including restaurants, have begun using unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, to delivery…

Diane D. Reynolds, Esq

Diane D. Reynolds, Esq. heads the Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Privacy practice at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, has served as General Counsel of technology and consumer products companies, and has extensive experience as representing publicly and privately-held corporations in mergers and acquisitions and compliance.

Bradford P. Meisel, Esq.

Bradford P. Meisel, Esq. is an Associate at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP specializing in cybersecurity, data protection, and privacy and corporate transactions.

Albert J. Pucciarelli, Esq.

Albert J. Pucciarelli is a Partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP (MDM&C) He is Chair of the Hotels and Resorts and Aviation Practice Groups and his practice is concentrated in the areas of hotel and resort development and operations, aviation law, general corporate law and real estate law.

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Diane D. Reynolds, Esq

Bradford P. Meisel, Esq.

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