Starbucks to test delivery service this year in Seattle, New York

Customers using the Starbucks app will be able to monitor their delivery’s progress. Starbucks chief digital officer Adam Brotman said the service is a logical extension of the mobile ordering and pickup feature that debuted in Seattle on Tuesday.

 Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann said there will be a fixed delivery fee, but the details are still being worked out. Right now Postmates delivery fees for other merchants start at $5 but can add up pretty quickly depending on the distance. There’s also an additional 9 percent fee applied to the purchase price.

Lehmann doesn’t foresee Seattle’s semi-permanent traffic gridlock to be a huge issue. With Starbucks locations everywhere, there will be very short distances between pickup and drop-off, he said. About 1,000 people in Seattle have signed up for Postmates’ delivery army, he said.

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