self-serve
adjective
: permitting or offering self-service
self-serve gas
a self-serve farm stand
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The chain will also bring back self-serve sugar and milk stations, which left stores during the pandemic in 2020, in another attempt to restore the coffeehouse feeling.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Starbucks also plans to bring back self-serve condiment coffee bars in all of its cafes by early 2025.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Virtue Coffee will be toward the front of the business and offer a self-serve creamer and water station with seating for 31 coffee connoisseurs.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Often this can be done at home or at self-serve dog-washing stations at pet stores.
—Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Starbucks also plans to bring back self-serve condiment coffee bars in all of its cafes by early 2025.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Virtue Coffee will be toward the front of the business and offer a self-serve creamer and water station with seating for 31 coffee connoisseurs.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Often this can be done at home or at self-serve dog-washing stations at pet stores.
—Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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