$200 like clockwork every freaking week. 2 normal sized adults and one tall, lanky teenage boy. Mostly organic/healthy stuff. Pizza out every Friday night. Otherwise we eat at home since we live up in the “mountains”.

Edit to add: by living in the “mountains”, we’re just so far away from a lot of stuff. Not a single restaurant/food place/door dash etc., delivers to our house. And driving to a decent restaurant ends up being not worth the long drive time, no matter how good it is, because of our busy schedules.

Yeap! Same as the other commenter. Watch for sales and buy frozen or canned vegetables to fill gaps when needed. Mostly kale, spinach, broccoli, peppers, bananas, apples, oranges etc. Whatever type of apple is on sale at the time. Buy all store brand stuff for the most part too. The farmers market on 46 in Totowa is also great for cheap produce.

Awww I remember how I felt before the first time NJ Transit fucked up my day…

Adams??

Utah and Montana are quite clean -- enjoy your trip

shutdowns are def corporate where I am, I am not sure about plants, clinics, etc

it varies place to place but my place after year 2 I think you get your PTO up front and you can roll over some of it.

DMed! (Not OP, hope that's alright.)

We are located in Lafayette. $5 / dozen.

Yes, we do buy fresh produce - but only when it's on sale. There are sales each week and they are cyclical. We also buy frozen steamed veggies which still have nutrients in them. If you notice the cycle of sales, you can stock up on certain staples that do not go bad like pasta and canned goods. For example, ShopRite's can can sale is going on so now is the time to get canned beans, veggies, and soups especially since they do not go bad for a long time.

Lived in Northern Jersey my entire life and I've never driven my own car into the city. I always take the train! It's so relaxing and easy! Glad you discovered it!

Pro tip: when I am less familiar with a route (or it’s raining/dark) I search for my origin/destination and set the “depart” time 10 mins before my bus does. Then I follow along in a mapping app like Transit or Citymapper. Both have a on-route guidance feature. NJTransit official app has this feature too, but it’s super clunky.

(Google maps can do this but doesn’t have live bus location)

You can set it up to warn you when you’re coming close to your stop, then of course, hit the stop request button right after you pass the stop before yours. You’ll be a pro soon!

The mayor lives in fort lee

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>I think this is the coolest shit in the world but I don’t know who else to tell.

I just think it's sweet that you came to reddit to tell anyone who would listen to the good news because you just had to tell someone.

You made me smile.

Where and how much?

How do you all do it...

>This may have been way more than was necessary but it is what came to mind so I'm sorry.

No this is great detail, thank you. I also just do Shoprite, so thanks for sharing your strategy - because my Shoprite bill is more like OP's.

Clark traffic circle - specifically the left turn to get onto Central Ave from the middle of the circle. There’s 2 left turn lanes, but only one (in the middle) takes you to Central Ave; the leftmost one brings you back around the circle. Like 95% of the cars in the leftmost one will cut you off under the bridge so they can get onto Central Ave. Its so dangerous and so predictable but it’s been like a decade and no one has done anything about it.

Do you get much in the way of fresh produce?

Same here - I only have a shoprite near me, no wholesale stores (and even if I did, I'm not sure it'd be much better).

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Little known fact: Vince Lombardi was named after the rest center and not the other way around.

I'm sorry you are personally offended by my comment, if you are that good for your clients perhaps you should become a fiduciary.

It’s backed up nearly all hours now. Infuriating.

Family of 4, probably 150-200/week