Pennies

[Tims43210]

Now that pennies will stop being produced soon.   Does Toast have a rounding plan in place? Banks are already warning of shortages. 

[James_Habisohn · Accepted solution]

Looks like suggest a work around for now. 

It is a Menu Group with 2 non taxable items (+.1 and -.1) a No Print prep station, and a specific Sales Category (like Drinks or Food) called "Cash Adjustments". You would need to add this menu group (to POS only) to all of the Menus in Toast, then cashiers would have to manually add the +1 or -1 items to get to an even number. 

https://central.toasttab.com/s/article/Use-Cash-Rounding

[Rob · Accepted solution]

Thanks, everyone, for your continued feedback. This is the most recent update that I can provide! 

We’re actively tracking requests related to cash rounding and the upcoming end of penny production. Several teams are currently assessing potential solutions. While there aren’t set timelines to share just yet, this work is being evaluated for inclusion on our future roadmap sometime in 2026. 
We are planning a Beta Launch in May!

In the meantime, one workaround is to create menu groups/ menu items specifically for rounding adjustments when cash transactions end in amounts that can’t be tendered once pennies are phased out.

For example, staff can manually apply rounding items at checkout such as “Rounding +$0.02” or “Rounding −$0.03” to bring totals to the nearest nickel.

You can find out more on the article attached Configure Cash Rounding During Penny Phase Out

I’ve also shared the relevant Community threads discussing these topics with internal teams so they can see how important this conversation is. Please continue posting your feedback! 

[islae]

Thanks for the update, Rob. I know that you're probably as in the dark as we are, so I appreciate the sleuthing and advocating for us! Any ongoing updates will be appreciated, for sure. I look forward to seeing what Toast comes up with. 

[TheThirstyAxe]

Thank you for an update!!  I appreciate the communication.

[Tomhayes]

Thank you for actively working on this solution.  As a restaurant owner, we would also be very interested in being allowed to round to the nearest quarter or even Dollar.  It seems like that would be the same type of solution.  Allowing restaurants to choose what rounding point they would like would allow them to eliminate some or all of their change they handle.  Which is very exciting to many of us!

[CarlosBrev]

Hi Rob,
How does one sign up to be considered for the pilot? 

[Rob]

Thank you so much for reaching out! I’m currently unsure, but as we approach April, I’ll gather more details and post the updates in this thread!