Molly I don’t know NYC but I used to live in Vancouver bc same isues, there where two ways to get around it, go to ethnic encalves, for us mainly east Indian and asian, in their stores stuff was cheaper but rarely in English packaging. Second is go to poor area(aka pickpocket city) you can find a green grocer there that sells the cast offs usually in a shipping warehouse area. It’s not advertised nor is it easy to find. Find out truck delivery times and come an hour after as they clean and put out new stock it will be about 5 days behind what’s seasonal In other grocery stores.
When I went back to vancover 6 months ago for family stuff, took my niece out shopping there, cut her veggie bill in half. Speaking farsi at irainIan store I got saffron (the good kind) for $10 a gram, walnut halves a 25 lb box for just over 50. Language is a magic handshake, being multilingual is a big door opener expecially if you know the manners to go with them. Plus the shock of a white guy speaking to them in thier own tongue is a great shock and awe thing, add to that knowin about thier homeland is a big plus.
It’s harder now to get new languages as I age, for me best tool since in wilds is rosette stone, good headset and mic. Do it in am before anything else highest retention rate. If you work hard 6 months till you can hold average conversation. If you consentrate on food.stuff 2 months, it’s worth it for the deals you can get if you could ask.
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