GE just released its smartest fridge yet, with a built-in barcode scanner for seamless grocery shopping

Wave goodbye to food waste and hello to checking your fridge contents from the grocery store — this CES 2026 release is ...
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How a New Fridge With Built-In Barcode Scanner Could Change Grocery Shopping Forever

GE Profile has launched a brand-new smart fridge at CES 2026, sporting one unique feature we've never seen before. It could ...

GE's new Smart Refrigerator automates grocery shopping with a barcode scanner and Instacart

List" feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in GE's SmartHQ app.
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50 years ago, the first retail barcode was scanned at an Ohio grocery store

Vintage photo from Carillon Park display shows the NCR 255 register and barcode scanner in action. Fifty years ago at Marsh’s grocery store in Troy, a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum became the ...

The Old-School Supermarket Chain Where The First Barcode Was Scanned

Discover the old-school supermarket chain where the first barcode was scanned -- and how that single moment revolutionized ...