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First product scanned with barcode

Fact - The first product ever to be scanned using barcode was a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum
Pic Credits: © 2010 Sam Howzit | Juicy Fruit | CC BY-SA | Modified

A bar of Wrigley’s chewing gum was the first product to be scanned using the barcode.

It was not the first product to have a bar code, as incorrectly mentioned at many places. A Juicy Fruit flavor gum pack was scanned at Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio on June 26, 1974.

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