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Q: I recently read that there is a new bar code standard called RSS set to be adopted soon. The present system in grocery stores seems to be working just fine, so why the change? Also, can I get an… ...

When that first UPC code was scanned, it was the culmination of years of planning by the U.S. grocery industry. In the late 1960s, labor costs were rising rapidly in grocery stores and inventory ...

The roots of bar codes go back decades before the UPC came on the scene. One U.S. patent, No. 1,985,035 , was granted on Dec. 18, 1934 for a card sorter device to read a simple code consisting of ...