June 30 - 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, foodhall company

Wonder announced on Tuesday.

Wonder, the parent company of Grubhub that also operates

around 130 foodhalls around the country, said drone deliveries

will go live in January at most of a handful of locations it

plans to open in Dallas, although more foodhalls with drone

delivery capabilities will be opened around 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 ( DASH )

and Uber ( 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

the healthcare, food and retail sectors. Wonder has already been

testing drone deliveries in the U.S. Northeast.

The company, which is preparing for an IPO as soon as 2027,

operates foodhalls that are in some ways similar to pandemic-era

"ghost kitchens" in that they prepare food from dozens of

restaurant brands, though diners can eat inside the

establishment as well as ordering delivery or take-out.

Wonder has expanded quickly through acquisitions. It paid $650

million for Grubhub in 2024 - 91% less than the price tag the

brand fetched just four years earlier. In 2025, it bought a

kitchen robotics company called Spyce from Sweetgreen for $186

million. In 2023, it bought meal-kit company Blue Apron for $103

million.