The way we shop is going to change.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The checkout has changed over the years. First, cashiers manually punched in the price of an item, then the scanners made check-out much quicker, and today, there's self-check-out.

The UK's biggest supermarket said the change is "revolutionary".

The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

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The change will see QR codes applied to the packaging of 13 lines of Tesco’s own-brand sausages following a trial.

Tesco said adopting the QR codes would give it better information about products in stores, helping it to order more ...