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Drones are increasingly delivering groceries across the US, with Alphabet-owned Wing announcing continued service expansion with Walmart. The partnership plans to make drone delivery services available at 150 more Walmart locations in Los Angeles,St. Louis, Cincinnati, Miami, and additional metros yet to be announced.
According to Wing, its most frequent customers order deliveries several times a week. To meet growing demand, Wing and Walmart aim to serve up to 40 million US customers and establish a network of over 270 delivery locations by 2027.The partnership launched its service in August 2023,initially offering deliveries to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. in June 2024, Wing and Walmart expanded drone delivery coverage to 100 more stores across Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa. Deliveries in Atlanta launched last month, and service in Houston is scheduled to begin on January 15, 2024.
Before partnering with Walmart, wing began US operations by collaborating with walgreens to deliver health and wellness products in April 2022.Since then, the Alphabet subsidiary has also partnered with DoorDash and Apian, a London-based healthcare logistics company.Wing is also developing a