Wonder to launch drone food delivery
Service set to begin in Dallas, other Texas cities
By: Waylon Cunningham
Reuters
..... Diners in Dallas and other Texas cities will soon be able to order food deliveries by drone directly to their doorstep from dozens of restaurant brands, food hall company Wonder said on June 30. [2026]
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Wonder, the parent company of Grubhub that also operates around 130 food halls around the country, said drone deliveries will go live in January [2027] at most of a handful of locations it plans to open in Dallas, although more food halls with drone delivery capabilities will be opened adds other major Texas cities throughout 2027.
..... Wonder's push into the drone space adds to intensifying competition in the low-altitude economy for cheaper, faster and fresher food deliveries. Food delivery rivals DoorDash and Uber Eats are also aggressively pursuing drone and robotic food delivery partnerships.
..... "We know the faster we can deliver, the higher quality the food," Wonder North American CEO Tony Hoggett told Reuters.
..... Wonder's drone flights in Texas will be operated by San Francisco-based startup Zipline, which has partnerships across ht health care, food and retail sectors. wonder has already been testing drone deliveries in the Northeast.
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The company, which is preparing for an IPO as soon as 2027, operates food halls that are similar to pandemic-era "ghost kitchens" in that they prepare food from dozens of retardant brands, through diners can eat inside as well as order delivery or take-out.
..... Wonder has expansed quickly through acquisitions. It paid $650 million for Grubhub in 2024 - 91% less than the price tag the brand fetched four years earlier. In 2025, it brought a kitchen robotics company called Spyce from Sweetgreen for $186 million. In 2023, it brought meal-kit company the Apron for $103 million.