Starbucks delivery coming to Boston
The coffeehouse chain is using Uber Eats to expand delivery service in six major cities.
Love Starbucks coffee but hate the mob scene at the counter? The Seattle-based coffeehouse chain has you covered.
Within the next few weeks, Starbucks will introduce delivery service to Boston and five other US cities, the Seattle-based coffee chain announced Tuesday. Starbucks is expanding the delivery service first to San Francisco, beginning Tuesday, and also announced that it will launch food delivery service in Europe, starting in London.
Starbucks is using Uber’s food delivery arm, Uber Eats, to bring coffee and most other menu items within a half-hour of ordering, for a $2.49 booking fee.
The company has been testing delivery in the United States since last fall, starting in Miami. Starbucks initially offered delivery in Chinese cities through a partnership with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Ele.me, a food delivery service based in that country, and has been working to expand the program to other countries since.
Dunkin’, the hometown donut chain and rival to Starbucks, has been offering delivery services to customers in Boston since 2016 through a partnership with online delivery service DoorDash, for varying fees.
The other US cities named in the announcement are Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C.
