Portland’s Coffee Addicts Will Be First to Test Starbucks’ Order-Ahead App
By Chelsea Lish • October 22, 2014
Starbucks is preparing to field-test a mobile app that lets customers preorder their lattes from a smartphone before even walking into the store, avoiding long lines at the counter. In a move to increase sales, the Seattle company will test the app later this year with iPhone users, who will be able to preorder at 150 stores in Portland, Ore., reports Bloomberg. The company plans to extend the test to Android phones during a national rollout next year.