Shoppers cutting spending by clipping coupons, waiting for sales

May 15, 2011 at 5:58 a.m. | Updated May 15, 2011 at 5:58 a.m.

Tiffany Nash's $100 per month food budget is more than enough to feed her family and still have enough food to donate. She looks through sale ads and compares prices on items and checks to see what coupons she has.
Tiffany Nash's $100 per month food budget is more than enough to feed her family and still have enough food to donate. She looks through sale ads and compares prices on items and checks to see what coupons she has.

Tiffany Nash always clipped grocery coupons here and there. But several months ago, the Ashland resident realized that if she didn't get serious about it, she would never be able to afford vacations for her family.

"So now my opinion is if I don't have a coupon for it, I'm not going to buy it," she said. "If it's not on sale, I'm not going to buy it. Almost everything in the store will go on sale at some time."

Now, each month she's socking away the $300 to $400 that she saves, while ....

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