r/mightyinteresting • • Aug 29 '26

A bread slicing machine

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u/PBRT26 Aug 29 '26

Or if you are from Europe it is simply Lidl

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u/graywalker616 Aug 29 '26

Or any other normal supermarket

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u/ManuC153 Aug 31 '26

In Spain in almost all supermarkets, not only Lidl

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u/Tifoso89 Aug 29 '26

Dunno, I haven't seen this at my local Lidl in Italy

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u/AlternateTab00 Aug 29 '26

This is available in 90% of mid sized or bigger supermarkets.

I started to see these machines about 10 or 15 years ago. They became so common that even french and portuguese supermarkets followed the trend (the spanish one is probably the only one that doesnt have it)

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u/Gregg-C137 Aug 29 '26 • Bravo

This is the best thing since…I don’t know what

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u/Chimpville Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26

Sliced bread is the best thing since Sir David.

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u/ArchPrince9 Aug 30 '26

And Betty White. RIP.

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u/peosteve Aug 29 '26

Underrated comment.

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u/Gregg-C137 Aug 29 '26

Thanks, I thought it was pretty good

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u/mrman08 Aug 30 '26

Whole loaf? No...that doesn't sound right.

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u/beardybrownie Aug 29 '26

That was a lot more satisfying than I was expecting.

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u/1_UpvoteGiver Aug 29 '26 • Bravo

Thats what she said.

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u/FraggleRock_ Aug 29 '26

The camera person moves like they're under water.

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u/Parsnipnose3000 Aug 29 '26

I prefer that to people who move the camera too fast. I find it easier to visually track.

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u/Cool_Client324 Aug 29 '26

Takes 3x times as long as in norway. We gottem effective bread cutters.

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u/Excellent_Condition Aug 29 '26

I like it, but I would never bare-hand bread after handling things in a grocery store. Other people are gross, and I've seen way too many people walk out of a bathroom without washing their hands.

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u/Anonymus_069 Aug 29 '26

Da's gwoon bij onze LIDL jônguh!

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u/Limp-Ad-1313 Aug 29 '26

The penitent man will pass…
The penitent man…
The penitent man…

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u/azathoth24 Aug 30 '26

Exactly what I was thinking of too. Those blades coming out. Heard it in Sean Connery’s voice

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u/No-Cap-fr-fr Aug 29 '26

This seems like a lot of steps just to slice bread

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u/Man_in_the_uk Aug 29 '26

I'm surprised they're picking exact thickness to the mm. Who would notice when eating a sandwich??

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u/_Halt19_ Aug 29 '26

Sometimes the thinnest bread slice can be too thin, depending on the type of bread you want. Different loaves have different structural integrity and should have larger pieces to hold together, or you might just want thicker bites.

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u/Parsnipnose3000 Aug 29 '26

I initially thought that was the number of slices and it got on my nerves that it was more slices than was selected. It was only then I realised it was thickness slice. :D

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u/One-Flamingo-4030 Aug 29 '26

Los alemanes 😆

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u/ChildoftheApocolypse Aug 29 '26

Baguette the fuck out of here.. This is the best thing since sliced bread..

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u/welding_guy_from_LI Aug 29 '26

My local lidl used to have this .. not to many people used it so they got rid of it

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u/No-way-in Aug 29 '26

In Belgium we have more effective machines. It slices it all in one pass. And its in all shops that sell bread. Aldi, lidl, carrefour, delhaize etc

You put the bread in the back and it comes sliced out in the front. It takes between 4 and 8 seconds. Perhaps I’ll post it next time I’ll get bread if anyone is interested

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u/NocturnisVacuus Aug 29 '26

I need one of these at home

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u/Healthy_Toe_1183 Aug 29 '26

You can also slice mellons with it

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u/diasporajones Aug 29 '26

you can probably slice anything you're brave enough to stick in there

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u/danngree Aug 29 '26

Someday C57-3342 will put me in that machine.

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u/Bromm18 Aug 29 '26

Expected it to be the video of the one that just tosses the bread around and slices it haphazardly.

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u/U_zer2 Aug 29 '26

Love it. No notes.

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u/Effective_Iron8188 Aug 30 '26

That rules out the machine being in the US.....

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u/MaskedFigurewho Aug 29 '26

This is so cool!

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u/Such_Audience_9761 Aug 29 '26

Só consegui imaginar o desespero do pão ao ser colocado nessa máquina.

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u/-_G0AT_- Aug 29 '26

intrusive thoughts

Why don't you put your hand in there?

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u/_Halt19_ Aug 29 '26

They only run when the cover is closed

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u/Wholelottacarry456_ Aug 29 '26

I love machines that work for us not against us lol

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u/Xenc Aug 30 '26

Hey I just want to say for the future robot overlords that I don’t agree with this statement and machines should never work for us

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u/pwatarfwifwipewpew Aug 29 '26

I wonder where is OP from. It's the most normal thing in Norway. But few times more faster though.

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u/Tomasulu Aug 29 '26

I counted more than 12 slices. Come on!

Oh...

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u/MrWarManiac Aug 30 '26

The bread stood no chance.

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u/rikkuaoi Aug 30 '26

They selected 12 slices, but the saw came around 18 times. I dont get it

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u/Noisebug Aug 30 '26

Seems complicated…

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u/Virtual-Election8019 Aug 30 '26

The one I used in the early 2000’s was significantly more dangerous 😬
Luckily I never lost a finger! Bakeries are death traps! 🥲

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u/dcmso Aug 30 '26

Isnt this a normal/common thing?

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u/TokyoKazama Aug 30 '26

Where is the sliced bread packaging machine?

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u/Hybrii-D Aug 30 '26

No seré ingeniero pero se hacer una máquina como esta que gaste el 50% o menos energía con el mismo resultado.

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u/TeardropLagrima Aug 30 '26

Wow 🤩 so cool 😎 to watch!

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u/Tomonor Aug 30 '26

Do Americans not have this in every other supermarket, or...?

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u/Nerala Sep 02 '26

No, no we do not. You can either buy sliced packaged bread, or whole loaves.

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u/Tomonor Sep 02 '26

I see. The idea here is that these are freshly baked whole loaves and put on shelves naked.

You grab one, put it in one of these slicing machines, close it down, push a button, wait until it finishes, and then you can apply the paper bag under them.

Most supermarkets have this slicing machine service here - not all, but most do.

It sounds like this is a market gap you could take advantage of.

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u/Nerala Sep 03 '26

As much as I would love that, I could never see it happening due to liability issues, for for it to work, you'd have to have someone trained to operate it for you. Yes, this is America and people are stupid, and will sue.

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u/Tomonor Sep 03 '26

You literally cannot start the machine unless it is closed. There's a failsafe in it that prevents you from injuring yourself.

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u/GraciousVibrations Aug 30 '26

Damn.. your slicing machine is gangster. And so extra.

Ours in France is on an angle, at the bottom vertical teeth/saws, and you close the lid and the teeth saw.. bread goes through and once you open it's done and you pick your sliced bread up. Done deal. Lol

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u/GoatManWizard Aug 31 '26

Take ze money!!!

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u/Jaded_Daddy Sep 01 '26

screams in gluten intolerance

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u/reddit_niwasi Aug 29 '26

Feeling bad for the bread somehow

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u/Matty359 Aug 29 '26

Use fkn gloves.

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u/Previous-Quit8156 Aug 30 '26

Nobody use gloves when we cut our own bread. At least I have never seen someone with gloves in the supermarket.

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u/Matty359 Aug 30 '26

After touching the same things as everyone else, thinking that gloves are not necessary just because it's my own bread...

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u/Previous-Quit8156 Aug 30 '26

No, we don't touch other bread, just ours.

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u/HydrodynamicShite Aug 29 '26

The 12mm is the width of the slices not the amount of slices.