POLK COUNTY, Iowa —

The U.S. Mint stopped producing pennies Wednesday, leaving many businesses having to figure out how the change will affect their pricing.

At Kwik Star, Vice President of External Relations John McHugh said cash still matters, noting that 17% of the company's transactions are done with cash. He tells KCCI, while that may not sound like much, many of those payments come down to the pennies.

According to McHugh, a penny shortage in Kwik Star’s Wisconsin stores earlier this summer pushed the company to make a change.

"We never want to cheat them [our customers] out of their money," McHugh said.

The decision made for people paying with cash was to round down and not up.

"If the bill comes to $7.37, we'll round down to $7.35," McHugh said. "If it's $7.41, we'll round do

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