Giant Eagle cashier Melissa Flenner processes and weighs a customer’s pennies Saturday at the New Kensington store.
From a few rolls held in one hand to buckets so heavy they were best hauled in a shopping cart, Giant Eagle’s double-your-money offer for pennies was too good for many to pass up Saturday.
“With the way the economy is, every little extra bit of money helps. This is free money,” said Nancy Planitzer of Arnold, who expected to get a $9 Giant Eagle gift card for the $4.50 in pennies she brought in a small bag to the New Kensington Giant Eagle…