Happy 50th birthday to the UPC barcode, first placed on chewing gum – no one expected you would revolutionize global commerce

Indeed, a good reason to celebrate! Something to chew on! 😊

"The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio.

Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going strong. More than 10 billion barcodes are scanned every day around the world. And newer types of barcode symbols, such as QR codes, have created even more uses for the technology. ..."

Happy 50th birthday to the UPC barcode – no one expected you would revolutionize global commerce

The Smithsonian Institution holds the first pack of gum scanned with a UPC code.