This was the first Universal Product Code (UPC) marked item ever scanned at a retail check out.
- Can of Minute Maid Grape Juice
- Pack of Hall’s throat lozenges
- Pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
- Swanson Turkey and Dressing frozen meal
This was the first Universal Product Code (UPC) marked item ever scanned at a retail check out.
Pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum. Scanned on June 26, 1974 at a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The gum is now on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
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