Customers using the Starbucks app will be able to monitor their delivery’s progress. Starbucks chief digital officer Adam Brotman said the service is a logical extension of the mobile ordering and pickup feature that debuted in Seattle on Tuesday.
Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann said there will be a fixed delivery fee, but the details are still being worked out. Right now Postmates delivery fees for other merchants start at $5 but can add up pretty quickly depending on the distance. There’s also an additional 9 percent fee applied to the purchase price.
Lehmann doesn’t foresee Seattle’s semi-permanent traffic gridlock to be a huge issue. With Starbucks locations everywhere, there will be very short distances between pickup and drop-off, he said. About 1,000 people in Seattle have signed up for Postmates’ delivery army, he said.