Starbucks customers can drive up to the window with their reusable cups now
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#6HJJG)
Starbucks will let customers drive-through with reusable cups at all US and Canada stores. | Image: Starbucks Starbucks announced today that customers will now be able to bring in their reusable cups whether they're walking into a store or driving up in the US and Canada. The company claims it's the first national coffee retailer to give customers this option for drive-thru and mobile orders.
For years, customers have been able to walk into select Starbucks locations to fill reusable cups (although the practice was put on hold between 2020 and 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic). What's changing is that now clean, refillable cups are acceptable in the drive-thru window at all company-operated and participating licensed stores in the US and Canada, expanding a policy that had been in place already at certain locations. Customers earn a $0.10...