Delivery services of the future apparently are going to involve a lot of junk food. The first legally approved delivery by drones has occurred, from a 7-Eleven in Reno, Nevada, to a local customer hungry for doughnuts, a Slurpee, and some sandwiches. The resident, a family with working parents and three children, loved the convenience of the delivery option, and 7-Eleven loved the idea that it could expand its delivery options. Currently the convenience store has some limited capabilities through traditional delivery methods, but for this experimental approach, it teamed with a drone company called Flirtey. Flirtey took care of getting FAA approval for the drone’s flight path. Thus the delivery was legal and convenient for all involved, leading 7-Eleven to offer promises that someday soon, its entire product assortment would be available for delivery to customers’ houses. Here come the Slurpees!

Source: Tom Ryan, Retail Wire, July 25, 2016