To fill a customer’s personal cup, a Starbucks barista will first check that the cup is clean and place it in a ceramic vessel. The beverage will be made without any contact with the cup, and the customer will pick up their drink at the handoff area of the counter. Only clean cups will be accepted.
The program encourages customers to bring in their own cups (clean, of course) and rewards them with a 10 cent discount on each drink.
That means you can once again bring your reusable cup to a Starbucks location to have it filled with the drink of your choice and get 10 cents off your order just like before. Filling your cup won’t be exactly the same as before, though.
To use a personal cup, customers will place their clean cup in a ceramic mug offered by the barista, who will makes your drink contact-free, then deliver it to the pick-up point still inside the ceramic mug. You simply pick the drink up out of the mug and take it away.
Do you have to pick up mugs at Starbucks?
But now employees will only accept clean mugs, and they won’t touch them: Instead, a customer will place their own cup into a larger ceramic mug. The barista will hold the ceramic mug’s handle rather than the cup when preparing the drink. Once the beverage is ready, the customer will pick their cup up from within the mug.
What is Starbucks doing to reduce single-use cups?
At Starbucks, pre-COVID 80% of beverages are enjoyed on the go. To encourage customers to choose reusable and reduce single-use cup waste, Starbucks will continue offering customers a $.10 discount on their beverage of choice.
How can Starbucks reduce the use of disposable cups?
To reduce the use of disposable cups in stores, Starbucks offers a modest ten cent discount to people who bring their own mugs. It has also tested fees for disposable cups in Germany and the United Kingdom.