Starbucks opens a pickup store in NYC with Amazon Go cashierless tech

(Pocket-lint) - Seattle-based Starbucks is utilizing Amazon Go's "just locomotion out" cashierless exertion successful a caller "pickup cafe" that it opened successful New York City.

The store, located connected 59th Street betwixt Park and Lexington Avenues successful midtown Manhattan, allows customers to bargain java oregon a snack without having to interact with a barista oregon cashier. It's 1 of 3 pickup locations the coffeemaker plans to unfastened this year. If you sojourn them, you'll find the Starbucks menu, including sandwiches and salads, arsenic good arsenic a "curated assortment" of nutrient and beverages successful the Amazon Go marketplace section.

To get your java from the "Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go" successful New York City, simply preorder your portion utilizing the Starbucks mobile app, past take the store astatine "59th betwixt Park & Lex w/Amazon Go," and spell to the store. By the clip you get there, it should beryllium sitting for you connected the counter.

Drink orders that are successful advancement volition beryllium shown connected a surface supra the counter. A scanner astatine the store lets you participate outgo information. 

To participate the Amazon Go marketplace country and the store's seating area, usage the in-store codification displayed successful your Amazon app, and past insert your recognition card. Or, if you’re already registered with the Amazon One programme that launched successful Amazon Go stores successful Seattle past year, conscionable scan the thenar of your hand.

When you instrumentality items disconnected of shelves, they’ll beryllium added to your virtual buying cart. When you’re done shopping, you tin permission the store oregon beryllium successful the seating area. Your paper volition beryllium charged erstwhile you exit the store. There are Starbucks employees astatine the store to assistance you for immoderate reason, if needed.

The caller store volition beryllium unfastened regular astatine 6am ET and volition enactment unfastened until 10pm ET connected weekdays and 9pm ET connected weekends.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 18 November 2021.