Grubhub to Trial Drone Delivery, Joining DoorDash and Uber Eats

Three-month test program will be available to customers within 2.5 miles of parent company Wonder’s Green Brook, New Jersey, location.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 04:15 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Dexa’s DE-2020 delivery drone will take flight next week in New Jersey in partnership with Grubhub. [Credit: Grubhub]

Key Takeaways:

Grubhub has launched a three-month drone delivery pilot program in Green Brook, New Jersey, partnering with Dexa to offer complimentary deliveries of various dining concepts within a 2.5-mile radius.
This initiative positions Grubhub as the latest major food delivery app to adopt drone technology, following competitors like DoorDash (with Wing and Flytrex) and Uber Eats (with Flytrex).
The broader food delivery industry is rapidly expanding drone services, with companies like Amazon and Walmart also growing their networks, seeing it as a crucial future technology enabled by advanced drones with FAA Part 135 certification for beyond visual line of sight operations.

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DoorDash has Alphabet’s Wing. Uber Eats has Flytrex. And this week, Grubhub became the latest food delivery app to get in on the drone delivery trend.

The company on Wednesday revealed that next week it will launch a three-month drone delivery test program in partnership with Dexa, formerly known as Drone Express. The service will be available to customers within a 2.5-mile radius of Grubhub parent Wonder’s Green Brook Township, New Jersey, location. It would represent the state’s first commercial drone food delivery offering.