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A lot of people now are using cyber-scissors to clip grocery coupons.
At the Smith's store in the Avenues, young and old alike line up at the check stands. Food is a common need, but how they buy it is not common.
Smith's, along with other stores, now allows shoppers to go online to download coupons to their shopping cards, and even send a list to their cell phones.
"So when you get in the store, you pull up your list, buy those items, present your Fresh Values card and you've gotten the savings automatically," said Smith's spokeswoman Marsha Gilford.
She says the grocery business, like every other business, is driven by technology. Some stores are moving into places like Facebook.
Some people believe a lot of shoppers still will prefer newspapers and scissors to Web sites and mouse clicks.
E-mail: mgiauque@ksl.com
