CREDIT: PINEAPUL
Pineapul is a free application founded by a Fanshawe student that will help facilitate the delivery of alcohol right to your door.

A new free application described as a “home delivery communication service” will bring alcohol right to your door, for a small fee of course.

Pineapul partnered with alcohol vendor LCBO to make online ordering and home delivery of alcohol as user friendly as possible.

“We’re not a delivery company,” said Patrick Sacher, president and founder of Pineapul. “We relay the information to the licensed vendors to perform the actual deliveries.”

Pineapul uses the inventory provided by the LCBO, and for the time being only works with them. Sacher said he hopes to one day expand to work with The Beer Store as well.

Sacher said LCBO will keep 100 per cent of the profits made from the sale of alcohol, with a portion of the delivery fees going towards Pineapul.

Sacher said that deliveries within London, including deliveries to the Fanshawe area, will cost around $10. Any delivery made outside of London is calculated based on distance travelled.

As a current Fanshawe student himself in his second year of business and marketing, Sacher is extremely busy. He said balancing school work on top of trying to run his own start up company is challenging, but he is prepared to work hard.

As a college student Sacher knew that the demographic at Fanshawe would be the perfect market for his app.

Before students get too excited about this service, underage students will still not be able to get away with purchasing alcohol. As the law requires, LCBO delivery people will check identification before any delivery of alcohol, and will confirm the cardholders name upon arrival. Sacher said this aspect of the business is a burden for LCBO and not his company.

Sacher said the app is in the final stages of development and estimates a beta test version of the app will be available to download by Jan. 1.

“We want to engage users, we want them to feel comfortable using our software,” Sacher said.

Sacher added that he and his team are always looking for anyone interested in working for Pineapul who can bring something new to the company.

“We’re really open to anybody contacting us who wants to add some feedback, or anyone who wants to work with us,” Sacher said.