UNIVERSITY NEWS LAST UPDATED : 27 JANUARY 2021
A global data scientist and Birmingham City University computing alumnus is launching a new app which promises to deliver everyday food essentials at retail prices to residents in the city in just 20 minutes.
Convenience shopping service BSKET, the brainchild of Computing and Electronic Engineering graduate and city native Aaron Bedward, will be rolled out across central Birmingham from today, Wednesday 27 January, using a lean operating model, distributed fulfilment centres, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
App users can easily find and select everyday essentials, such as food and sundries, at retail prices to add to their BSKET and have them delivered to their door in just 20 minutes.
Throughout the Alpha test, the BSKET team will trial exciting new features and continually hone the technology and operating model, all in preparation for a full, Birmingham-wide rollout, to come later in 2021. The Alpha test will run from Wednesday 27 January through to Wednesday 3 February 2021, and target those with mobility or accessibility needs, as well as shift workers and busy professionals.
After graduating from Birmingham City University in 2007, BSKET CEO Aaron Bedward spent half a decade running teams of data scientists and analysts in 14 countries across Asia-Pacific, and has taken his experiences of convenience technology in places like Japan and Singapore and applied them to the new service.
The BSKET app is available through Google Play on Android and the App Store on iOS now.