seattle the seattlebased companies will open their first starbucks pickup with amazon go location on thursday in new york at least three more new york stores are planned for next year the stores offer the full starbucks menu as well as prepared salads sandwiches and snacks from amazon go there is also a lounge area with tables and workspaces customers can order drinks and food using starbucks app or shop the amazon go section which automatically tallies items added to the cart so customers dont have to wait in line to check out the effort is part of a larger shift in store formats for starbucks last year the company announced it was accelerating a plan to close 400 underperforming stores and replace them with smaller pickup locations or stores focused on curbside or drivethru service even before the pandemic starbucks said 80 of its us customer transactions were onthego orders advt amazon meanwhile has been expanding its physical presence the company began opening amazon go stores in 2018 it now has more than 20 in seattle chicago san francisco and new york the company also opened a larger amazon go grocery store in seattle last year ap published on nov 18 2021 at 0431 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app amazon starbucks amazon go drinks grocery international seattle homenewsindustrystarbucks amazon open grabandgo store in new york