Looking at grocery store history, we can identify two huge innovations and ask if robot pickers are a third milestone.
The Unexpected Impact of the First Bar Code
A 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum was the first item ever to have a barcode checkout. The year was 1974 and the place, a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. While for decades, people had been trying to figure out…
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