The first packet of sliced bread was sold in Chillicothe, Missouri, on July 7, 1928. The machine for slicing it was invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder.
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Otto Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, created the invention by which all others are judged sliced bread in 1928. His innovation quickly changed consumer culture.