Starbucks links with Amazon Go for first cashier-less cafe

FILE PHOTO: The Starbucks sign is seen outside one of its stores in New York July 3, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's newest cafe lacks one element most customers are used to seeing: cashiers.

The global coffee chain on Thursday opened its first ever location in partnership with Amazon Go, the e-commerce giant's brick-and-mortar convenience store, where customers can sit at a table with a latte or grab a sandwich from a shelf and walk out.