The company's CEO Kevin Johnson revealed last month that the new stores--called "Starbucks Pickup"--would be opened in major cities. These walk-thru stores are the urban equivalent of suburban drive-thrus, which we all know were a major game changer!
“What we’re trying to do is build the equivalent of a drive-thru in a dense metropolitan area, which I think of as a walk-thru,” Johnson told Reuters ahead of the biennial investor day.