Kim Hutchins is certain that she saw a drone hovering over a nearby park in her Atlanta neighborhood the other day.
”It looked like it had a box of donuts or something it was carrying,” she recalled. “I wasn’t dreaming.”
Well, dream or not, it’s about to be reality for hungry metro Atlanta residents.
Alphabet’s Wing drone delivery service is teaming up with DoorDash to bring aerial food deliveries to the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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The expansion, announced on Wednesday, allows eligible customers near Tanger Outlets Locust Grove to order from select restaurants and receive their meals via drone in as little as 20 minutes.
Participating restaurants currently include Molinos Mexican Grill, Koji Japanese Steakhouse, and Sabrosos Mexican Restaurant. Availability depends on order size, weight, and proximity to the drone launch area.
Customers can check eligibility by entering their address on Wing’s delivery website, and those outside the current zone can sign up for notifications about future expansions.
This builds on Wing’s existing partnership with DoorDash in parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas. Wing, Alphabet’s drone subsidiary, has also been scaling up its operations, recently expanding deliveries for Walmart to hundreds more stores.
DoorDash has been actively testing automated delivery solutions, including its own ground robot “Dot” and partnerships with robotic delivery companies in cities like Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Wing, meanwhile, introduced a larger drone design in 2024 capable of carrying up to 5-pound payloads, enabling broader commercial use cases.
The move represents another step in the growing commercialization of drone deliveries for everyday consumer needs, particularly in suburban areas where quick ground transport can be challenging.
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