One of the earliest forms of the bar code will celebrate its 40th anniversary Thursday, June 26. On that date in 1974, a 10-pack of Juicy Fruit Gum was scanned for its Universal Product Code (UPC) at ...
The barcode has been on grocery products since 1974, when a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum became the first item ever scanned at checkout in Troy, Ohio. For ...