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Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore
Key takeaways
- Wing, the Alphabet-owned company that delivers groceries and even coffee using autonomous drones, is pushing into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.
- The expansion is part of a broader plan to build a drone-delivery network of more than 270 Walmart locations by next year.
- Wing is already delivering Walmart goods to customers in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Greater Houston.
Wing, the Alphabet-owned company that delivers groceries and even coffee using autonomous drones, is pushing into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.
The expansion is part of a broader plan to build a drone-delivery network of more than 270 Walmart locations by next year. The new markets include Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City, bringing Wing and Walmart s total service footprint to nearly 20 U.S. markets.
Wing is already delivering Walmart goods to customers in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Greater Houston. The company has announced plans to expand to Orlando, Tampa, Charlotte, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Miami as well.
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