Texas-based fast-food chain Taco Bueno is officially joining the growing drone delivery movement, teaming up with Zipline to bring fresh Tex-Mex meals to customers by air.
Residents living within three miles of Taco Bueno’s North Beach Street location in Watauga, Texas, can now order food through the Zipline app and have it delivered directly to their homes using autonomous drones. That means tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and other made-from-scratch menu items can now arrive without a delivery driver ever touching the road.
The process is designed to be simple. Customers download the Zipline app, enter their address, browse available menu items, and place an order. Once the meal is prepared, a drone flies the order to the customer’s location and lowers it safely to the ground.
For Taco Bueno, the move is about blending its decades-old Tex-Mex identity with newer technology aimed at speed and convenience.
“The drone-delivery partnership with Zipline is just one more example of the work we are doing to combine the heritage of Taco Bueno with innovations across products, service, technology, and customer experience,” says Dani Perales, Taco Bueno’s director of marketing and innovation.
Perales adds that the company sees drone delivery as a faster and easier way for customers to enjoy Taco Bueno meals without leaving home.
The partnership also signals that drone food delivery is continuing to gain traction in suburban America. While companies like Wing and Zipline have spent years building pilot programs with retailers and restaurants, Taco Bueno’s rollout shows how regional restaurant chains are beginning to embrace the technology as part of mainstream delivery operations.
And this appears to be only the beginning. After what Taco Bueno describes as successful early pilot results, the company plans to expand Zipline-powered delivery to its Frisco and Mesquite locations by the end of May. Taco Bueno also says another six to seven stores could join the program before the end of 2026.
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