Thin Mints, Samoas and Do-si-dos are going to new heights, as the Girl Scout use drones to deliver cookies to a Virginia community with the help of a Google-affiliate tech firm.
Wing, a subsidiary of Google s corporate parent Alphabet, is adding the iconic cookies to its list of drone delivery goods in Christiansburg.
The town has been part of Wing s drone testing since 2019, which has dropped drugstore offerings, FedEx packages and locally-made pastries, tacos and cold brew coffees at people s homes.
The Alphabet-owned firm is working with the Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline in a bid to help boost cookie sales that have taken a major hit amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people’s doorsteps in a Virginia community.
Published Wednesday, April 28, 2021 5:32PM EDT Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people s doorsteps in a Virginia community. The town of Christiansburg has been a testing ground for commercial delivery drones operated by Wing, a subsidiary of Google s corporate parent Alphabet. Now the company is adding the iconic boxed cookies to the more mundane drugstore offerings, FedEx packages and locally-made pastries, tacos and cold brew coffees it s been hauling to a thinly populated area of residential subdivisions since 2019. Wing said it began talking to local Girl Scout troops because they ve been having a harder time selling cookies during the pandemic, when fewer people are out and about. The organization jumped on the new twist to its skills-building mission.
Matt O Brien
In this April 14, 2021 image provided by Wing LLC., Girl Scouts Alice Goerlich, right, and Gracie Walker pose with a Wing delivery drone in Christiansburg, Va. The company is testing drone delivery of Girl Scout cookies in the area.
Image Credit: (Sam Dean/ Wing LLC via AP) April 28, 2021 - 8:00 PM Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people s doorsteps in a Virginia community. The town of Christiansburg has been a testing ground for commercial delivery drones operated by Wing, a subsidiary of Google s corporate parent Alphabet.