A new Target will deliver Starbucks right to your car. Here’s how to get the coffee
A new Target store is opening Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Miami International Airport area west of Little Havana — but that’s not all that’s new for the big box store this year.
Target announced the location, a 100,700-square-foot store at 3825 NW Seventh St., will feature something called Drive Up with Starbucks. That’s a service that brings your coffee right to the curb.
The service is also now available at 1,700 stores across the country that have both a Starbucks Café and Drive Up service for the rest of your Target order.
That’s nearly all of Target’s 2,000 stores offering Starbuck’s menu items. The free curbside service sends a barista right to your car window with your coffee and food. Instead or ordering at a traditional drive-through window and then having to wait, you pre-order on the app and it’s ready when you pull up to the parking lot.
What is Drive Up with Starbucks?
The coffee service was rolled out nationally in August. It was wedded to the Target app and tried at a few store locations to fine-tune things. The service came together after customers clamored for curbside service during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
“Starbucks has a long history of adapting and innovating how we serve our customers, meeting them where they are,” Mark Ring, a senior vice president at Starbucks, said in a statement. “Offering the Starbucks Experience to the Target Drive Up guest is a great example of two iconic brands creating a joyful moment in a way that Starbucks and Target are uniquely positioned to do together.”
The chains have had a partnership for about 20 years, which is why you’ve probably seen Starbucks outlets tucked into Target stores somewhere near the front doors.
Enter the Drive Up with Starbucks experience.
How Target’s Drive Up delivery works
▪ Use the Target app on your phone to place a Drive Up order for merchandise at a participating Target store. You’ll be prompted to place your order and you can then also add items from the Starbucks menu. Do that, then click “Add for Drive Up” and pay.
▪ After receiving notification your order has been accepted, indicate you are en route by tapping “I’m on my way” to the store in the Target app. A barista begins preparing the order and packaging it for safe transport. Yes, the coffee will have drink stoppers to securely seal the lids.
▪ Park in the designated Drive Up parking area and tap “I’m here” in the Target app. A Target team member then delivers your coffee and other store items to your car.
Most popular Starbucks items
According to Target, the top-selling Drive Up with Starbucks items so far in the program are the Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso, Birthday Cake Pop and the Iced Caramel Macchiato.
Miami’s new Target
Features: The new Target opening Oct. 21 in the Miami area not far from airport will include the Drive Up with Starbucks service. In addition to the coffee chain outlet there will be Apple Store and Ulta Beauty locations inside this Target.
South Florida presence: The store is the 35th in the greater Miami area since Target expanded locally in 1991, and the chain employs about 6,223 team members in the South Florida region.
Store director: “We’re excited to bring the joy of Target to new guests and help them discover a unique shopping experience tailored to the needs of the Miami community,” Rosalba Martinez, store director of the new Miami Seventh Street Target store, said in a statement. “Guests can also shop on their own terms with our easy, contactless and industry-leading Drive Up, Order Pickup, and same-day delivery with Shipt services — ready within a couple of hours with no membership required for the easiest shopping experience in retail.”
