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New Bar Codes Save Time, Boost Profits

New Bar Codes Save Time, Boost Profits

By Sam Biddle on June 9, 2009

A new generation of grocery bar codes, known as GS1 DataBar codes, is being implemented across grocery stores in an effort to both speed up the checkout process, as well as prevent cashiers from ringing up pricier organic produce as their cheaper, non-organic counterparts.

[via Consumerist, image courtesy of RetailWeek]

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TOPICS:	Food & Drink, Work & Business
TAGS:	Bar Codes, food, Grocery, produce

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