The world’s largest coffee chain Starbucks has launched a mobile application that allows you to pre-order drinks and food in their establishments. As Bloomberg reports, this will allow visitors to not spend your time standing in line.
Starbucks actively uses modern technology to attract customers. Previously, the app running on iOS and Android, was tested in a limited number of coffee shops, and it is available in all 7400 institutions network in the USA. It is expected that next month the service will be available to residents of certain cities in the UK and Canada.
Previously, Starbucks has launched a network of Express stores in new York, and made possible the payment orders through mobile phones. This year the company began testing its own service delivery in USA.
For the first time the opportunity to pay for coffee with your smartphone coffee chain offered in 2011 an American iPhone users. In order to use the system, the buyer was required to purchase a Starbucks card, and to download a special app from the App Store. The program displays the barcodes of products ordered, and allows the scanner to the counter to withdraw the funds from the card to Starbucks.
Currently, Starbucks operates in 64 countries and manages more than 20,000 establishments. In Russia the company has already opened about 100 retail outlets.
