Editing Starbucks (section)

===Automation===
Starbucks has [[automation]] systems in some areas. These machines have 280 possible drink combinations to choose from. They have touchscreens, and customers can play games while they wait for their order.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jimenez|first=Charlene|date=September 14, 2012|title=Starbucks vending machines and the future of business|work=The American Genius|url=https://theamericangenius.com/business-news/starbucks-vending-machines-and-the-future-of-business/}}</ref>

Vending machines are said to possibly be able to replace baristas.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Timothy B.|date=April 15, 2016|title=Good news: automation already destroyed most of the jobs|work=[[Vox Media]]|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/4/15/11422266/automation-starbucks-job-loss}}</ref> Starbucks has said it does not want to replace baristas with robots, but use them as a complementary tool.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Warnick|first=Jennifer|date=January 10, 2020|title=AI for humanity: How Starbucks plans to use technology to nurture the human spirit|work=Starbucks|url=https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/how-starbucks-plans-to-use-technology-to-nurture-the-human-spirit/}}</ref>