Houston, Your Groceries Have Landed!
Some people love shopping. Strolling the aisles. Reading every label. Trying all the samples.
Then there’s the rest of us—people who’d rather wrestle an alligator than fight for a parking spot on any weekend. After all, we have football to watch and things to do around the house.
Enter Walmart’s new drone delivery in Houston. No lines. No carts. No “price check on aisle nine.” Just tap your order in the app, kick back, and wait for the gentle hum of the future dropping off anything you want or need right in your backyard with drones.
These drones, run by Walmart and Wing, soar hundreds of feet in the air, then swoop down to about 23 feet and lower your package with a tether like a polite little robot butler. Need milk? Eggs? Beer before you watch football all day and night? Remember, there’s college on Saturday and NFL on Sunday…and Monday night,…and Thursday. I mean, who has the time or patience? This way you’ll have it in under 30 minutes—without leaving your couch.
Right now, they’re zipping orders within a six-mile radius of select Supercenters. They’ve already pulled off over 150,000 deliveries elsewhere, so Houston’s just the latest city to get the airborne grocery hookup starting in 2026.
The best part? You don’t even have to put on pants. Seriously, your neighbors might see you wave at a flying machine in your bathrobe, but that’s a small price to pay for avoiding the checkout line.
For those of us who think “shopping trip” is a dirty phrase, the future is arriving in 2026. It will be raining snacks and beer from the sky.
It’s a dream come true!
Doug O’Brien
