7 July 1928: sliced bread goes on sale for the first time

The "greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped" took place today in 1928 when the Chillicothe Baking Co put on sale ‘Kleen Maid Sliced Bread’.

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The greatest invention since wrapped bread

Taking "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped", the Chillicothe Baking Co of Chillicothe, Missouri, proudly put on sale its Kleen Maid Sliced Bread', on this day in 1928.

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