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What was the first commercial product that had a Barcode ?

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What was the first commercial product that had a Barcode ?
posted Jun 26, 2017 by Ambika Sharma

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George J. Laurer is considered the inventor of U.P.C. or Uniform Product Code, which was invented in 1973. In June 1974, the first U.P.C. scanner was installed at a Marsh's supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product to have a barcode included was a packet of Wrigley's Gum.
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answer Feb 16, 2018 by Azhar Keer
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