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An Experimental New Starbucks Store: Tiny, Portable, and Hyper Local

Starbucks has reimagined the coffee hut as a “modern modular,” LEED-certified drive-thru and walk-up shop.

Consider the small, modular locations. Consider the LEED certification. Consider the power savings of a drive-up business that doesn’t need to feed electricity to laptops all day. Starbucks might not just be designing modern modular locations that are off the normal consumer grid–they could be designing low-footprint stores that eventually go off the grid altogether.

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