Supermarket barcode

[tony_isa]

Does anyone know is there any organisation that supply supermarket barcode, i.e. barcode for their product.

[tony_isa]

I mean, how does it actaully work. Is it possible to access their database ie sainsbury, tesco.

[Gnu]

This site probably has more information than you would ever want to know, and may help you in your search.

http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/upccode.html

[einsteinsdog]

On the road where I work there is a big place called barcode warehouse. Presumably they sell them , or the assosiated technology , ie scanners and printers

[Whickerman]

each organisation -eg Tesco - will have their own dedicated staff entering info onto their network based on the barcode put on packaging by suppliers. The odds of two barcodes being the same must be slim - but how they guarantee this is beyond me

[nakedterry]

How Do I Get A Bar Code Number For My Product?

When someone asks this question, they are talking about the UPC or EAN symbol found on most retail products around the world. Specifically, they are asking how to obtain a Universal Product Code Identification Number which they can encode into a UPC-A or EAN-12 bar code symbol on their product. In the United States of America a company can obtain a unique six digit company identification number by becoming a member of the Uniform Code Council (UCC).

In the rest of the world, contact EAN International (EAN). EAN International maintains an excellent FAQ, standards information and a list of member organizations around the world, many of which have web sites. The EAN site is a must visit if you need to put a bar code on your product.

You must apply for membership and you will be assigned a unique company identification number for use on all your products. If you contact the UCC or EAN, please tell them you got their number from BarCode 1. Also, take a look at our UPC/EAN page. There is much more information there about how to apply for a UPC/EAN number. The fee is not cheap and you will have to pay every year.

What you get for your money is a unique company identification number which is a 6 or 7-digit number. This is the first part of the product UPC code. The remaining 6 digits are assigned by you for a specific product. Each number must be unique for a particular product and product size. If you have an 8 oz. size and a 12 oz. size, for example, you need two unique numbers.

If you want to bar code a book, you use the International Standard Book Number (ISBN). If you are bar coding a monthly publication, you use the the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN).