BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart is marking a milestone in its drone delivery program that began as a pilot in Fayetteville, N.C., in 2020. The company said it recently made its one millionth delivery via drone. About 40% of them occurred in the first quarter of its fiscal 2027, which began February 1. Some 200,000 of the deliveries have been in Texas.
The average delivery time is 23 minutes, Walmart said, and the quickest required 4 minutes and 44 seconds.
“Since launch we’ve seen customers evolve from trying it to experience the novelty of the service for items like bananas or snack food, to now turning to it frequently to get items delivered really fast, when they need them most,” the company said in a blog post highlighting the milestone…