When sliced bread hit the market, American consumers weren’t sure just how great it was. On this day, July 7, in 1928, a ...

We’ve all heard the expression “the greatest thing since sliced bread.” But how did sliced bread come to be? The Anecdote International website provides one version of the story. In 1912, the son of a ...

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 ...

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – Any way you slice it, a small town in Missouri knows where its bread is buttered as the home of the wondrous innovation of sliced bread. Yes, the “greatest thing since sliced bread” ...

Consumer freedom is often intangible, but sometimes it looks like a loaf of bread in your fridge. Almost a century ago, in Chillicothe, Missouri, a jeweler from Iowa, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, had a ...

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 ...

On the main strip of town in Chillicothe, Missouri, you’ll pass by a large colorful mural: “Home of sliced bread.” It’s actually the official slogan for the town, which hosts an annual Sliced Bread ...

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