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McDonald's is implementing a rounding system for its cash payments

The fast food restaurant will round payments to the nearest 5 cents so cashiers and customers can provide exact change

This comes during a penny shortage, and months before the final pennies are expected to be minted

McDonald's is adapting to the halt of penny production and the resulting shortage.

The fast food chain's representative confirmed to ABC News that it is in the process of establishing an system to round down or up to the nearest five cents. The change comes as the production of pennies ceased, causing an issue for many customers and cashiers to provide exact change.

"Following the discontinuation of pennies nationwide, some McDonald's locations may not be able to provide exact change. We ha

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