A regional grocery store chain is providing to purchase pennies in a two-for-one deal. Sound like pennies from heaven? Too good to be true?
The information comes a day after the U.S. Mint pressed its final penny on November 12 in Philadelphia, following an order from President Donald Trump to stop making the one-cent coins again in February.
Market 32 and Value Chopper grocery shops are inviting clients to double the worth of their spare change by bringing of their pennies this Sunday, November 16, for “Double Alternate Day.” The one catch is that clients will obtain a present card as a substitute of chilly arduous money for his or her bother, in accordance with a statement on the company’s website.
Market 32 is an up to date, rebranded title for some Value Chopper shops. Twin-branded Market 32 and Value Chopper shops are situated within the Northeast, in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.
The explanation for the two-for-one deal could also be a bit much less altruistic than it appears. Since pennies are going out of circulation, meaning extra companies—grocery stores especially—will want extra of them within the quick time period.
Clients can convey of their pennies both the old school means—rolled up in a sleeve (do not forget that, Gen Xers?)—or as loose coins to the customer support desk on the supermarkets. They’ll herald as much as a complete of $100, which will get you a $200 reward card, or a minimal of fifty cents for a $1 reward card.
Nevertheless, the provide is sweet for at some point solely.
“Money transactions stay an vital a part of how we serve our clients, and for many who choose to pay with money, we wish to make certain we are able to proceed offering the identical nice checkout expertise—proper right down to the penny,” Blaine Bringhurst, president of Market 32 and Value Chopper, said in a statement.
“We additionally know that a whole lot of households throughout our six-state footprint are going through hardships proper now, and that is one other distinctive means our crew is working to offer assist,” he famous.
