Major UK supermarket makes huge change to milk cartons as checkout feature set to be axed from ALL products ‘very soon’
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MAJOR UK supermarkets have made a huge change to milk cartons. It comes along with the new shake-up to supermarket checkouts that is set to roll out 'very soon' as barcodes are set to be replaced after more than 50 years in use. According to the Daily Mail, major retailers Tesco, Ocado and Morrisons are already trialling QR codes on products, with milk cartons among the first to make the switch.
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GS1, the international non-profit that oversees global barcode standards, revealed that QR codes will soon take over, storing more information than traditional barcodes. Anne Godfrey, GS1 UK’s chief executive, confirmed the shift. She said: “Very soon we will say goodbye to the old-fashioned barcode, and every product will just have one QR code that holds all the information you need.”.
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Ocado has led the charge by rolling out QR codes on over 60 products, including milk bottles. Laura Fernandez, Senior Packaging and Sustainability Manager at Ocado Retail, said: “We are proud to be the first major supermarket to pilot an online reusable packaging scheme.
"Polytag’s QR codes give us the opportunity to explain how re-using can eliminate single-use packaging, and how easy and convenient the Ocado solution is, right to their doors. "We continue to expand the number of Ocado Own Range products featuring Polytag QR codes, reflecting our growing focus on digital solutions to communicate key information and messaging to our customers”.
