why do businesses like Starbucks and Home Depot not like 100 and 50 dollar bills for “safety reasons”?

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My mom said she went to pay for her Starbucks with a 50 beings it’s what she had on her and the lady working said “Starbucks and Home Depot don’t accept 100s and 50s for “safety reasons”. I don’t understand what the safety issue is.

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I don’t know about Home Depot but for Starbucks there are two main reasons:

$50s are more likely to be counterfeit. So order a tall coffee and pay with a $50 means you’re getting $45+ in good change.

Depending on the size of the Starbucks they only have $150-$350 in their drawer, $50+ of which is in coins so $50 or $100 could empty a large amount of paper money which means the safe will need to be opened to get more money, so it’s a time people might try to rob the store

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