Giant Eagle wants your pennies.

And the Pittsburgh-based grocery store chain is willing to give you a gift card worth twice the value of the pennies exchanged.

Giant Eagle announced the "Penny Exchange Day" for Nov. 1 at all 200-plus Giant Eagle and Market District locations. Customers who bring in pennies from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will have them exchanged for a Giant Eagle gift card.

There is a minimum of 50 cents in pennies and a maximum of $100 in pennies exchanged per transaction. If you exchange $100 in pennies, it will net you a $200 Giant Eagle gift card.

“Retailers across the country are taking steps to maintain adequate supplies of pennies,” Giant Eagle President and CEO Bill Artman said in a prepared statement. “At Giant Eagle, we saw a unique and fun opportunity to reward cust

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