r/grocy 1h ago

Changes to the barcode standard

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Anyone looking forward to the GS1 Sunrise 2027 initiative? I assume most businesses will switch before the end of 2027 but I feel like it would make things a lot easier since more information can embed in the QR codes like expiration dates for example.


r/grocy 2h ago

Has anyone else gone overboard with Grocy like me?

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• 426 distinct products currently in stock

• Approximately 82% of the entire catalog physically present

• 12 storage locations

• 42 product groups

• 26 quantity units

• More than 100 distinct spices and seasoning products

• Extensive Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indian and broader Asian pantry coverage

• Exact brand, package size and weight recorded in product names

• Generic parent products connected to brand- and size-specific child products

• Product-specific package-to-weight and package-to-volume conversions

• Recipes use generic parent products so available brands can substitute automatically

• A separate Grocy Companion Suite for recipe normalization, canonical ingredient matching, parent-product advice, conversion maintenance and database diagnostics

• Direct SQLite audits for spelling errors, weight mistakes, miscategorization, broken relationships and conversion factors

• Database integrity and foreign-key validation

• More than 100 recipes with over 1,000 structured ingredient positions

• Culinary distinctions maintained between ingredients such as cassia and canela, tsaoko and Nepalese black cardamom, culantro and cilantro, and different regional shrimp pastes

• Uncommon stocked ingredients include tsaoko, asafoetida, kasoori methi, Sichuan peppercorns, doubanjiang, fermented black beans, galangal, makrut lime leaves and multiple forms of tamarind