# Product Expiration Monitors The 'Bubee' Helps Monitor Food and Keep Stock of Products By Michael Hemsworth | Published 2016-11-08 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/monitor-food References: [geeky-gadgets](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/bubee-smart-home-food-stock-monitor-08-11-2016/) & [kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/166320007/bubee) The 'Bubee' is a new device designed to help households monitor food expiration dates and supplies as well as a bevy of other items that are within our living spaces. The 'Bubee' works by utilizing a barcode scanner that enables food products, cosmetics and a wide array of other household items to be scanned. This enables users to know exactly what they have within their home rather than relying on their memory or guesswork to recall. The 'Bubee,' which is now funding on [Kickstarter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baby-monitor-and-doorbell), can aid users to monitor food to ensure nothing ever expires before being consumed again. What's more, 'Bubee' can help users to know what they need to buy when they're in the grocery store and even let them know when they need to go shopping in the first place. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.6/10 - Popularity: 15% | Activity: 26% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Smart Home Inventory:** A trend towards devices that help households keep track of household items and supplies. - **Barcode Scanning Technology:** A trend towards device integration with barcode scanning technology to help keep track of products. - **Food Waste Reduction:** A trend towards devices that track food expiration dates and help reduce food waste in households. ### Who This Affects Most - **Consumer Electronics:** Consumer electronics companies can develop and market smart home inventory devices, incorporating barcode scanning technology for efficient use. - **Retail and Grocery:** Retail and grocery stores could adopt and integrate barcode scanning technology as a way to provide value-added services to consumers such as shopping reminders and notifications. - **Food Waste Management:** Companies that specialize in food waste reduction and management can partner with smart home inventory devices like the Bubee, to provide tools to households and businesses for tracking and reducing waste. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Food Waste Reduction Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/expiremate.md) - [Food Freshness Fridge Tags](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nudge-tags.md) - [Smart Food Management](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-fridge.md) - [Intelligent Anti-Food Waste Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodtusker.md) - [Color-Changing Food Labels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/freshtag.md) - [Food Management Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kiff.md) - [Food Safety Tracking Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecotracker.md) - [Freshness-Tracking Food Containers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vorkoster-lid.md) - [Food-Disinfecting Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/countertop-food-storage-device.md)