Proud Victoria penny pinchers Lina and Steven Zussino have taken their lifestyle online and are using social media to make and save money -- and to help others do the same.
Their free website, www.groceryalerts.ca, is bringing the practice of clipping coupons into the tech age with Facebook, Twitter and an iPhone application as wary shoppers are careful with their cash in the wake of the recession. Canadian consumer prices in May were up 1.4 per cent from a year earlier, according to the latest data released by Statistics Canada this week.
Shoppers using www.groceryalerts.ca can print coupons, read flyers and product reviews, see the latest discounts and use a new coupon tracker on Facebook to figure out how much money they saved.
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