Max Crowley, who was an early employee at Uber left in July 2018 and traveled the world for a year. When he discovered Luckin Coffee in China, he was inspired to take the Luckin model to America, plus a dash of his time at Uber.
He came up with idea of Bandit, which opened its first location in Manhattan on Wednesday a couple blocks from Grand Central Terminal—directly across the street from a Dunkin Donuts.
Bandit’s pitch: cheaper and faster than Starbucks and the other big chains. All customers place their order on Bandit’s mobile app. “Bandit is coffee at the push of a button, Crowley tells Yahoo Finance. “It’s ready in hopefully less than a minute.
