What was the first product to have a bar code?

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Wrigley's gum Note: In June of 1974, the first U.P.C. scanner was installed at a Marsh's supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product to have a bar code included was a packet of Wrigley's Gum. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbar_code.htm [Note & Link added March 23, 2008 --Zbeck] See Questions #13901, #14537 and #62737 for related questions. Jul 18 00, 10:42 PM

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