Started as a family gig.
We grew up on these snacks and wanted to share them with everybody else. So we started packing boxes.
KUTI started as a local family gig. Nothing fancy.
Our family has been eating these things forever. Napolitanke with morning coffee, ajvar spread on pretty much anything, sunflower seeds cracked open on a long drive. It never occurred to us that other people hadn't tried them.
So we put together a Kuti, took it around town, and people kept asking for another one. That's the whole story so far.
Where the snacks come from
We don't make anything. We don't import our own containers. We go to Balkan markets around the country and buy what they have, and that's the reason our selection is so wide. One shop finds us a case of something we'd never seen before. Another one has the chocolate wafers that sold out everywhere else.
It means what's in the Kuti changes. We're fine with that. The good stuff is worth chasing.
Your order goes back to a small shop
This is the part we care about most. When you buy a Kuti from us, we turn around and place an order with a Balkan market somewhere in the US. The money doesn't disappear into some warehouse. It goes to the small family stores that keep these snacks on the shelf, the same places a lot of our customers used to do their own shopping.
You buy a Kuti. They get an order. Simple as that.
The BT-45
A little car with a big heart
The box is based on the old hatchback a lot of us remember from home. Red and cream outside, mountains and villages painted inside the lid. Because the best part of a trip is what you find when you pop the trunk.
If you grew up with these snacks, you don't need us to explain them. If you didn't, open a Kuti and start with whatever looks strange.
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