CBC Radio CalgaryRyan Eickmeier is with GS1 Canada, the company that issues licenses for barcodes in Canada. He joins us to talk about the 40th birthday of the barcode. - The bar code: Revolutionary retail staple turns 40Forty years ago Thursday, the purchase of a 67-cent (U.S.) package of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, received what may have seemed like an undue amount of attention. more... See more text