The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced in May that it plans to stop minting new pennies starting in January 2026. Get our free mobile appKwik Trip, or Kwik Star as their known in places like South Dakota, isn’t waiting around for 2026. Kwik Trip/Kwik Star is going penny-free. The company says it will round down all cash transactions to the nearest five cents. Kwik Trip/Kwik Star will begin implementing the penny purge as supplies run out.