SAN FRANCISCO — Stores across the country are asking for exact change months after the U.S. Treasury Department announced they'd soon stop making pennies.

Customers say some stores are already rounding prices up to the nearest dollar or ten cents, or down to the nearest five cents.

The Trump administration decided to stop making the 1-cent coin earlier this year because the cost of making pennies has increased markedly, by upward of 20% in 2024, according to the Treasury.

By stopping the penny's production, the Treasury expects an immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs, an official told the Associated Press in May.

Kroger and Home Depot are among nationwide retailers impacted by the penny shortage, according to USA Today.

Some Kroger locations in Ohio ha

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