So neat and precise are the slices, and so definitely better than anyone could possibly slice by hand with a bread knife that one realizes instantly that here is a refinement that will receive a ...

A Missouri bakery became the first to sell pre-sliced bread using a machine invented by Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Marketed as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread ...

With so much breaking news this summer, not to mention family travel and fun time, chances are you missed it. Sliced Bread Day has come and gone. It probably wasn’t on your calendar. That’s because it ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - On July 7, 1928, Chillicothe Baking Company became the first to sell commercial, machine-sliced bread. This Day in History: 13th Amendment is ratified, ending slavery in the ...

Sliced bread -- it's often touted as one of the world's great inventions. Or at least that's how the joke goes. As sandwiches grew in popularity in the late 19th century, sliced bread did indeed ...

Otto Rohwedder’s bread-slicing machine is shown shortly after being installed in 1928 at Frank Bench’s Chillicothe Baking Co. in Chillicothe, Mo. The first loaves of its Kleen Maid Sliced Bread were ...