US Penny Shortage Leads to Rounding Changes and Customer Concerns at Retailers
TL;DR
The US Mint has stopped producing pennies, leading to a coin shortage that is affecting cash transactions in stores, complicating legal and operational issues, especially around SNAP benefits, with retailers seeking guidance from the government on handling exact change and rounding policies.
- Retailers face growing penny shortage, sparking limits and SNAP concerns Axios
- US retailers are running out of pennies BBC
- As pennies phase out of US currency, McDonald's updates some cash payment options ABC News
- McDonald's rounding cash transactions as some locations run short of pennies USA Today
- Why some McDonald's customers might not get the right change back with their order NBC 5 Chicago
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