Target is rolling out a new service nationwide. Customers will now be able to add a quick coffee fix from Starbucks to their drive-up order.

The Minneapolis-based retailer will be launching the feature chainwide this summer with the goal of offering the service at all of its 1,700-plus stores by October, according to a company press release.

"We've continued listening to our guests, who've told us overwhelmingly that Drive Up with Starbucks would bring even more ease and joy to every Target run,” said Mark Schindele, chief stores officer, Target.

Adding a Starbucks purchase to be delivered with a drive-up order is simple, the retailer said.

• After a guest places a drive-up order at a participating Target store and receives notification that it's ready to pick up, they will indicate they are on the way in the Target app.
• The guest will then receive a prompt in the app to place a beverage or food order from the Starbucks menu. They make their Starbucks selection and pay for the order.
• The guest parks in the drive-up parking area and taps "I'm here" in the Target app. A Target team member then delivers the freshly prepared Starbucks order—along with the rest of the guest's purchase—to their car for free.

Target and Starbucks, which today has more than 1,700 cafés in Target stores across the country, have partnered for 20 years. 

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