Saturday, January 15, 2011

#QR Codes: Social media outlets aid marketers of fresh apples

From QR Codes
Photo: Food Co-op Port Townsend QR Code shelf talker for Eco-Orchards.

Roger Pepperl, marketing director at Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers, said he has sent off the occasional tweet and social media are part of everyday marketing life at Stemilt.

Company products bear a quick-response, or QR, code that can convey information to a consumer’s mobile phone about an individual product, such as Stemilt’s PiƱata variety, Pepperl said.

“The QR code has been used in Japan for years,” he said. “If you have a BlackBerry with a camera in it or iPhone, you take a picture of it and the phone will read the QR code and it will send you a link for a website.”


Social media outlets aid marketers of fresh apples | The Packer

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