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Nickeled and dimed By Editorial Board Star Tribune July 25, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: The line at the counter of a Twin Cities-area doughnut shop was half a dozen customers deep. Customer No. 1 wanted an assortment of two dozen doughnuts and was paying in cash. The total, as totals often do, failed ...
It's just a distribution problem, so smash those piggy banks. Author: Sharon Yoo Updated: 8:05 PM EDT July 19, 2021 WEST ST PAUL, Minn. — During the pandemic, many people may have shied away from bills and coins, but there's a place where cash is still king. "I tried to make everything even number, so it's easy to just pay cash," Chris Andrews said. That's the kind of tip that comes from a seasoned garage-saler. Andrews is known for her garage sales in West St. Paul. She's been doing them since 1989. "I like meeting the new people and we have lots of returnin...
For the good of your country, Tampa Bay, turn in your coins A national shortage of circulating coins caused by the pandemic has improved, but America could still use your quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, experts say. Â Published Dec. 15, 2020 Fun financial fact: A holiday survey by the coin-cashing company Coinstar says those of us with spare change have an average of $113 in quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies around the house, presumably scattered across dressers, lying in the bottoms of purses and sitting idle in change jars. Financial experts would like us to cash in that spare c...
Merchants aren't too eager to give customers exact change at the moment. Here's why coins are in such short supply.