ABOUT
Barrel Benefits Inc. is a South Florida-based company founded in 2009 by an entrepreneur and Canadian ex-pat, Branka Raskovic Gittens.
During Branka's three years living in Barbados, she recognized the need for West Indians to have ready access to the U.S. marketplace. Her bi-annual Miami shopping trips, common among Caribbean residents, gave her a much wider selection of retail goods at competitive (often discounted) prices unavailable in the islands where duty, import costs, and expensive retail space meant high price tags. Branka packed her family's barrels of personal effects, on each Miami trip, in the shipper's yard beside the Miami Port and sailed them to her island home. Her savings were outstanding.
After moving to the USA in 2007, she was inspired to help her Barbadian friends save money for their families without the time and cost of flying to Miami. With this knowledge, Branka started Barrel Benefits Inc. from her home. Celebrating over 14 years in business.
Follow Branka on Instagram @thebarrellady for available timelines.
During Branka's three years living in Barbados, she recognized the need for West Indians to have ready access to the U.S. marketplace. Her bi-annual Miami shopping trips, common among Caribbean residents, gave her a much wider selection of retail goods at competitive (often discounted) prices unavailable in the islands where duty, import costs, and expensive retail space meant high price tags. Branka packed her family's barrels of personal effects, on each Miami trip, in the shipper's yard beside the Miami Port and sailed them to her island home. Her savings were outstanding.
After moving to the USA in 2007, she was inspired to help her Barbadian friends save money for their families without the time and cost of flying to Miami. With this knowledge, Branka started Barrel Benefits Inc. from her home. Celebrating over 14 years in business.
Follow Branka on Instagram @thebarrellady for available timelines.