I got a Leeds Co-op Starship robot to deliver food to my door - and I wouldn't use it again
They are the little robots taking north Leeds by storm as they trundle food across the city, dodging traffic and ne'er do wells who might try to stop them on their automated deliveries.
So later that night I took the plunge and placed my order, as Cookridge is one of the areas covered in the three-month pilot of the electric motorised delivery robots which is being run in conjunction with Leeds City Council. Just two hours later, I got a text. He's here! The little robot had wheeled itself more than two miles from Co-Op Adel, in the cold and dark of a Monday night, to arrive outside my door, orange light flashing excitedly.
But my second and biggest issue is the price. Are these really the prices Co-op shoppers have to pay? It's £2.04 for 4 pints of milk. £2.04! A quick Google tells me it's £1.65 for 4 pints from Asda, or £1.65 from Tesco. So right off the bat, you're paying an extra 49p for the robot to whiz it to you.
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