As many good stories start, there was a girl who fell for a boy over coffee and tea and long conversations. christine drank the coffee. jon drank the tea. they both found their person.
That was when we were in college. Both seniors, both supposed to be looking for jobs. But instead we got lost in conversations. So. Worth. It.
Somehow we managed to both find next steps in our lives as well. I (Christine) always knew I wanted to start my own coffee shop and landed an awesome job as a barista at a top Austin roaster flagship shop. After working my way up from barista to General Manager in two years my desire to open up our own shop came back in full force.
After months of dreaming, saving, and researching we came up with a mobile coffee trailer in KCMO. I had grown up a stone throw away in Leavenworth, Kansas and wanted to return home to my roots. With less overhead than a shop, we were able to truly focus on the quality and consistency of the product, and most importantly, our customers.
Somehow we managed to both find next steps in our lives as well. I (Christine) always knew I wanted to start my own coffee shop and landed an awesome job as a barista at a top Austin roaster flagship shop. After working my way up from barista to General Manager in two years my desire to open up our own shop came back in full force.
After months of dreaming, saving, and researching we came up with a mobile coffee trailer in KCMO. I had grown up a stone throw away in Leavenworth, Kansas and wanted to return home to my roots. With less overhead than a shop, we were able to truly focus on the quality and consistency of the product, and most importantly, our customers.
Our coffee camper officially launched April 14, 2018 at the corner of 31st & Gillham Road in Kansas City, Missouri. We now have traveled all over the city serving coffee to events as big as corporate activations for T-Mobile, SMG, C2FO, Lockton and Phillips 66; as local and inspirational as Happy Gillis, Sequence Climbing Gym, Novel, Golden & Pine, Peaches Vintage, and The Campground; and as special an occasion as weddings, grad parties, bridal showers, baby showers, birthday and engagement parties. We are honored to attend all of these incredible moments and feel blessed with every opportunity we've had to share in these celebrations together.
We also love serving the good people of Kansas City at our Warehouse home, the Overland Park Farmers' Market, at the corner of 56th & Brookside Blvd or anywhere else our little Camper pulls up.
In 2022, Jon stepped down from his role as co-owner to focus on his health and his other full-time job (Data Informatics Specialist for KU MED). He continues to serve as our espresso tech and guest-barista on special occasions! His health is getting better and better with the extra time he can focus on healing his auto-immune disease.
With the change in roles, I had a hard time keeping up with the demand of running a small business solo. Even with a team by my side it was challenging. And that's when fate and destiny brought along Meg Petty.
We also love serving the good people of Kansas City at our Warehouse home, the Overland Park Farmers' Market, at the corner of 56th & Brookside Blvd or anywhere else our little Camper pulls up.
In 2022, Jon stepped down from his role as co-owner to focus on his health and his other full-time job (Data Informatics Specialist for KU MED). He continues to serve as our espresso tech and guest-barista on special occasions! His health is getting better and better with the extra time he can focus on healing his auto-immune disease.
With the change in roles, I had a hard time keeping up with the demand of running a small business solo. Even with a team by my side it was challenging. And that's when fate and destiny brought along Meg Petty.
Meg had worked with one of our wholesale roasters, Repetition Coffee, throughout college. Post college she worked in a legal software company where she learned how to scale projects, create streamlined operations and manage client relations. She found herself craving for pieces of her previous coffee-life and that road led her to Wild Way. Meg fit perfectly into our team dynamic and I desperately missed having someone to run day-to-day operations with. She is the thing that keeps Wild Way moving, grooving and bouncing down the road. She quickly became our official General Manager in Fall 2023 and then in 2024 came on as part-owner of Wild Way Coffee!
I am so thankful for the way our journeys converged. I couldn't have planned it this way. It's far more beautiful, more magical, and more wild than anything I could have dreamt up. Campy is so lucky to have Meg as her second mother. Together we'll raise her right.
I am so thankful for the way our journeys converged. I couldn't have planned it this way. It's far more beautiful, more magical, and more wild than anything I could have dreamt up. Campy is so lucky to have Meg as her second mother. Together we'll raise her right.
Together, Meg, myself and the team are looking forward to spending 2024 building out the next journey for Wild Way Coffee. We hope to make you many of drinks, serve you many of smiles and explore many new roads with you. We can't wait to see what the future holds.
So thankful for all the folks who are on this journey with us. Your faces popping up at our Camper window makes our day, every. single. time. Thank you for finding us "out in the wild", in our Warehouse, or at an event. We love getting to serve you coffee the wild way.
xxxx
Christine Clutton
She, Her, Hers
Founder/Co-Owner
So thankful for all the folks who are on this journey with us. Your faces popping up at our Camper window makes our day, every. single. time. Thank you for finding us "out in the wild", in our Warehouse, or at an event. We love getting to serve you coffee the wild way.
xxxx
Christine Clutton
She, Her, Hers
Founder/Co-Owner