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  "headline": "QR codes on packaging replace obsolete print inventory; beverage giants add GS1 links.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}",
  "source_name": "USA Today (via QRCodeChimp PR) and MSN (via multiple sources)",
  "source_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/34029/qrcodechimp-launches-gs1-qr-code-generator-to-help-brands-prepare-for-sunrise-2027-and-connected-packaging/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Connected packaging / QR standardization · QRCodeChimp / Coke / Pepsi / Major Beverage Brands\n\nQR codes on packaging replace obsolete print inventory; beverage giants add GS1 links.\n\nMost founders treat packaging as a locked asset. The smart move is to treat it as a digital interface. A QR code adds pennies to production and buys you flexibility that static packaging never had. You can change the destination without changing the print. Use it.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/qrcodechimp-coke-pepsi-major-beverage-brands-2026-08-08t18-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/qrcodechimp-coke-pepsi-major-beverage-brands-2026-08-08t18-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/qrcodechimp-coke-pepsi-major-beverage-brands-2026-08-08t18-6",
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      "title": "QR codes on packaging replace obsolete print inventory; beverage giants add GS1 links.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nQRCodeChimp launched a GS1 QR code generator to help brands prepare for Sunrise 2027, while Coke, Pepsi, and other beverage brands added QR codes to cans for connected packaging. Per multiple sources, the shift is toward dynamic, updatable infrastructure on physical packaging.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you print packaging more than twice a year, plan to add a QR code to your next run. Link it to a short URL or product-specific landing page you control, not a hardcoded destination. When regulations change, ingredient sourcing shifts, or you need to add a promotion, update the link without reprinting. For beverage and CPG brands especially, this saves thousands in destroyed inventory. Test it on your next SKU; set the QR destination to a simple landing page or product page you control, and measure scans.\nWhat that means for you: Most founders treat packaging as a locked asset. The smart move is to treat it as a digital interface. A QR code adds pennies to production and buys you flexibility that static packaging never had. You can change the destination without changing the print. Use it.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — USA Today (via QRCodeChimp PR) and MSN (via multiple sources): https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/34029/qrcodechimp-launches-gs1-qr-code-generator-to-help-brands-prepare-for-sunrise-2027-and-connected-packaging/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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