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Why the Sh3 coins you leave at the supermarket matter

Some cashiers offer sweets in place of the remaining change. [iStockphoto]

You have probably witnessed a trend at some retail chains where a teller withholds your change in the form of one-shilling coins without consent.

Here, you will buy items worth Sh97, for example, but the cashier will neither give you back your three shilling coins nor the usual trade of sweets.

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