Man has eaten bread for 3,000 years but the slicing was DIY until July 7, 1928. That’s when the first commercially sliced loaf was sold in Chillicothe, Mo., by the Chillicothe Baking Co.
Yes, it was revolutionary. The biggest obstacle was in keeping the pieces tight together after the cutting in order to preserve freshness.
The inventor of the Kleen Maid slicer was Otto Rohwedder who overcame many setbacks to see his dream become reality.
For a great story about it visit Priceonomics.com
Oh, and the phrase the greatest thing since sliced bread? It was an evolution from the phrasing in a full-paid ad in the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune for the product saying “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped”
