Tag: starbucks

  • Starbucks to roll out Microsoft Azure OpenAI assistant for baristas – ”Instead of flipping through manuals or accessing Starbucks’ intranet, baristas will be able to use a tablet behind the counter equipped with Green Dot Assist to get answers to a range of questions, from how to make an iced shaken espresso to troubleshooting equipment…

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  • Link: Starbucks teases coffee traceability app feature, compostable cup trial

    This focus on the people behind the coffee beans could strengthen positive consumer sentiment around Starbucks’ brand and give it more of a human element as it continues to stretch its global reach. The move could also drive other coffee chains to make their supply chain journeys accessible to their customers. Investing in traceability isn’t…

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  • Link: Here are five hidden trends in corporate America’s travel and expenses as online services take over

    Spending in the $1.4 trillion business travel market, of the non-travel type: “Starbucks is clearly not just for coffee, according to corporate expense receipts. On average, employees spent $13.21 per visit to Starbucks in 2017, up nearly 40 percent since 2013. That means people are buying more than just coffee, which costs about $4, depending…

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  • It’d be nice to avoid Las Vegas

    I noticed there a few subscribers out there, so I should start writing. "This whole discussion of of application development in the cloud and creating applications" I try to travel less now-a-days with a 5 month and 4 year old, not to mention a wife who enjoys my company. Nonetheless, I was off to IBM…

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