Zipline Scales Autonomous Delivery in North Texas as Demand Surges and New Brands Join
ROWLETT, Texas, April 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zipline, an American robotics company that designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest autonomous delivery system, has expanded the number of brands available in Texas.
Eligible customers near Rowlett, Texas can now order food from 16 brands, including Walmart, Crumbl Cookies, Little Caesar’s Pizza, Popeyes, Blaze Pizza, and local favorites Village Coffee by Altara, Torta shell Taqueria.
In Rowlett, Texas, where Zipline launched its restaurant delivery service in August 2025, local favorites and national brands are using Zipline to make deliveries that are faster, more convenient, and more sustainable than anything on the road. Busy parents love the ability to get dinner for four delivered directly to their front yards, backyards or patios. Zipline is also delivering to more than 25 public locations across the DFW metroplex, including parks, UNT’s campus and the Rowlett Public Library. Zipline’s average flight time is 3 minutes; with the shortest click-to-delivery time is 5 minutes.
In less than a year since operating here, Zipline now delivers thousands of orders a day to customers across the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, and is continuing to grow every week. Recently onboarded restaurant brand partners include:
In 2025, flight volumes on Zipline’s urban and suburban delivery platform grew 50 times that of the previous year. Each week, Zipline is adding new restaurants and partners to the network, so that customers have additional choice. Autonomous on-demand delivery is quickly moving from early adoption to mainstream.
Zipline’s all electric, autonomous drones have safely flown more than 130 million commercial miles across four continents and delivered more than 20 million products. That’s the same as driving every road in America more than 30 times in a row without a serious injury.
Customers in Rowlett can download the Zipline app to find out if they are eligible. If eligible, customers can place an order by clicking the storefront of their business of choice. Team members will then prepare the order and when it’s ready, the meal is placed into a Zipline Dropbox to be picked up by the drone. Once the order is picked up, the drone flies to the delivery point - hovers around 300 feet in the air while the order is gently lowered to the ground.
About Zipline
Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced autonomous delivery service. Today it operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and serves more than 5,000 hospitals and health facilities. Zipline's customers include federal and state health systems, health care institutions, restaurants and retailers. With more than 130 million commercial autonomous miles flown to date, Zipline is transforming access to healthcare, consumer products, and food. Our customers rely on Zipline to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide new logistics services at scale. For more information, visit Zipline.com