Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Exact Change Please: Walmart, Kroger, CVS Are Feeling The Coin Shortage

Stores, supermarkets and gas stations are grappling with low supplies of pocket change. The national shortage is due in part to people going out less to spend money during the pandemic.

Copyright 2020 NPR

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.