(La Crosse, WI)– A major Midwest convenience store chain will soon start phasing out pennies.
Kwik Star says they’ll adjust their registers to round prices for cash purchases down to the nearest nickel once they can no longer get pennies from banks. Prices for those using debit or credit cards will remain the same.
The Treasury Department ordered their final shipment of blanks to turn into pennies in May.
U.S. Mint officials say the cost of producing a penny is nearly four times what it’s worth.
