SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. — Stores across the country are asking for exact change months after the U.S. Treasury Department announced plans to stop producing the penny.

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

Customers reported that some stores are already rounding prices up or down for cash transactions.

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Retailers nationwide, including Kroger and Home Depot, are impacted by the penny shortage, according to USA Today . Some Kroger locations in Ohio ha

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