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What was the first product scanned with a barcode in a store, in 1974?

Confirmed Objects · Verified 2026-10-31 · WWV-TV-WW-006

Answer

A pack of Wrigley's chewing gum

It was scanned at a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio.

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