SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Price Chopper and Market 32 stores across the region will tackle what’s been coined as a penny shortage by hosting a “Double Exchange Day,” doubling the value of the one-cent currency.
Customers are invited to bring in loose or wrapped pennies in exchange for a Price Chopper gift card double the value. One thousand pennies, or $10, can be traded in for a $20 gift card.
“We may run into a situation where we might not have enough pennies to get us through the holiday season,” Mike Weisse, one of the managers at the Price Chopper in Cicero, said…