He said Walmart's future looked like "urgent deliveries happening in a really fast time."
He said he ordered the drone delivery when his wife Shelley realized she didn't have a key ingredient in the kitchen.
In August, DroneUp, Walmart's drone delivery partner, told Axios that drone deliveries were not economically sustainable for smaller, low-cost packages.
The retailer currently offers drone deliveries in three locations in the US — Bentonville, Dallas, and Virginia Beach.
In January, it expanded its drone delivery radius to serve 1.8 million additional households in the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
Persons:
Doug McMillon, Morgan Stanley, Shelley, McMillon
Organizations:
Walmart, Morgan, Morgan Stanley Global Consumer, Retail Conference, Business
Locations:
New York, Bentonville , Arkansas, DroneUp, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Tampa, Bentonville, Dallas, Virginia, Forth Worth