# National Shortage of Coins?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-shortage-of-coins/913982 "2020-07-01T19:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 120
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-shortage-of-coins/913982/120 "2020-07-14T15:36:53Z")
Kroger thread: > [@Kroger Stops giving coins in change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kroger-stops-giving-coins-in-change/915300): > > Apparently there’s a coin shortage because people are sheltering at home and not shopping. I tried quoting and screwed it up. I have no idea how to fix it. There’s no tags to delete. Kroger announced Monday that its cashiers will stop returning coins as change to customers who pay with cash. Instead, cusomters will have two options to collect their change: they can add the change to a loyalty card to apply on their next visit, or round up and donate to the Zero Hunger|Zero Waste Foundation… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-shortage-of-coins/913982)._