If you're a Starbucks lover, today may just be your lucky day. But only if you happen to work in the Empire State Building.
On Tuesday, Starbucks announced that it launched its Green Apron Delivery Service at the Empire State Building in New York City. The service will allow all the coffee lovers working in the skyscraper to fuel their caffeine addictions without even leaving their desks. According to Starbucks, the service is part of its push to make the process of ordering more convenient for customers, with the company recently introducing mobile ordering at over 7,400 locations, which lets users place orders ahead of time so that their items are waiting for them by the time they walk into the store.
"In dense, urban environments like office buildings, we believe we've cracked the code on another way to bring Starbucks to our customers, and that's to have baristas on hand to provide an exclusive service within an office building — this will be great in places like New York City," Starbucks chief digital officer Adam Brotman told shareholders earlier this year, when the company announced it would test the delivery program. The coffee giant also has plans to test a delivery service in Seattle.
For the employees of the Empire State Building, Starbucks will be charging a $2 flat delivery fee (which will be waived for the month of October) and give customers the option to order items from a shorter menu, according to USA Today. Customers can order by logging in to the delivery site with their “My Starbucks Rewards” account information and should receive their items from a Starbucks runner within 30 minutes.
Pretty cool, but this service is no help to collegiettes when it's only in one building. Let us know when we can get coffee delivered to our dorm rooms!
