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The wholesale flower industry is joining the rest of the consumer products community with the latest initiative by the GS1-US to barcode cut flowers and their packaging.\u00a0 One of the last holdouts in the consumer products world, flower growers, importers, and wholesalers will be moving toward a June 2010 target to add a UPC barcode to their products.\u00a0 The UPC barcode uniquely identifies the grower and product identity and will significantly streamline the movement of cut flowers through the supply chain.\u00a0 Visit the website\u00a0 https:\/\/www.floralgtin.com for more information.\u00a0 Contact Blooms if you have questions. Believe it or not, barcodes are something we know a lot about!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The wholesale flower industry is joining the rest of the consumer products community with the latest initiative by the GS1-US to barcode cut flowers and their packaging.\u00a0 One of the last holdouts in the consumer products world, flower growers, importers, and wholesalers will be moving toward a June 2010 target to add a UPC barcode […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nBarcoded Billy Balls? - Blooms By The Box<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The wholesale flower industry is joining the rest of the consumer products community with the latest initiative by the GS1-US to barcode cut flowers and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/barcoded-billy-balls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barcoded Billy Balls?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The wholesale flower industry is joining the rest of the consumer products community with the latest initiative by the GS1-US to barcode cut flowers and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/barcoded-billy-balls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Budget Friendly Beauty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bloomsbythebox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-23T14:46:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-25T20:02:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/billy-balls.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"111\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"97\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"LF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"LF\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"LF\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7cf072b7ce5e5ababa77e82db882ab5\"},\"headline\":\"Barcoded Billy Balls?\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-23T14:46:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-25T20:02:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/billy-balls.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\\\/blog\\\/uncategorized\\\/barcoded-billy-balls\\\/\",\"name\":\"Barcoded Billy Balls? 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