Fleischmann's Yeast sponsored Sliced Bread Day in Missouri
Festivities in Chillicothe, Missouri, celebrate the invention of sliced bread
AB Mauri North America, owner of the iconic Fleischmann’s Yeast brand, is sponsoring Sliced Bread Day in Chillicothe, Missouri, taking place on Saturday, July 7, 2018.
Ninety years earlier, on July 6, 1928, The Chillicothe Baking Company was the first commercial bakery in the United States to offer machine-sliced bread for sale, marking a milestone in the baking industry. The machine used to cut the bread was the Rohwedder Bread Slicer, named after its inventor, Otto Rohwedder. At the time, many bakers believed slicing loaves prior to sale would cause them to lose freshness.