A Look at WSU’s New Mobile C-Store

WICHITA, Kansas -- Overland Charters has turned a Wichita State University (WSU) shuttle bus turned into a mobile convenience store, according to a report by Wichita State News.

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Photography by Lainie Mazzullo, Content Developer for Strategic Communications, Wichita State University

The c-store on wheels is open 6:45 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. when school is in session. It offers a variety of items, including:

• Eight types of coffee
• 18 types of cappuccino
• Daylight Donuts
• Coca-Cola products
• Four smoothie options
• Hot dogs and sausage rolls
• Energy drinks
• Tea
• Water
• Chips
• Candy, mints and gum

Kelly Fankhauser, owner of Wichita-based Overland Charters, is also working with a food vendor to get sandwiches added to the lineup, said the report.

Overland Charters runs the university’s shuttle bus service.

The c-store bus was a Hertz airport shuttle bus that Fankhauser bought online and gutted.

“I just have seen all the food trucks in town, and I knew I didn’t want to be cooking a lot, so I thought, ‘Why not a convenience store?’ ” Fankhauser told The Wichita Eagle. “We thought we’d do something that the students could really benefit from.”

So far, the mobile c-store is exclusive to WSU. The university has a food-truck plaza in partnership with the Wichita Food Truck Coalition to feature a rotation of area vendors.

Overland Charters is holding a contest to name the store. The winner will get free drinks for the month of October.