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A flexible container of bread slices has bellows-like foldable longitudinal sides, having a closed end and an open end. It is located within a somewhat larger casing provided with a closable lid, an open end of the flexible container being effectively sealable by a flexible soft cushion mounted to a

A flexible container of bread slices has bellows-like foldable longitudinal sides, having a closed end and an open end. It is located within a somewhat larger casing provided with a closable lid, an open end of the flexible container being effectively sealable by a flexible soft cushion mounted to an inside surface of the lid of the outer casing. A small breathing aperture is provided in the lid, and the cushion allows passage of air or vapors through the breathing aperture to let the stored bread slices breathe with little evaporation from the bread slices. A manually movable platen plate supported within the outer casing biases a closed end of the flexible bread container toward the lid. Individual bread slices are dispensed when the casing lid is opened, with additional bias provided by moving the platen plate forward. In one aspect of the invention, the casing is provided wiht lids at both ends and two separate flexible containers are provided to store separate pluralities of bread slices for simultaneous dispensation at either end.

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Apparatus for storing sliced bread for easy dispensation of individual slices therefrom, comprising: elongate bread containment means for containing a plurality of upright bread slices in a horizontally disposed array, said containment means having flexible, bellows-like, foldable longitudinal sides

Apparatus for storing sliced bread for easy dispensation of individual slices therefrom, comprising: elongate bread containment means for containing a plurality of upright bread slices in a horizontally disposed array, said containment means having flexible, bellows-like, foldable longitudinal sides, a closed end and an open end; casing means for encasing and permanently retaining said containment means, said casing means having longitudinal sides, an essentially horizontal base with an inside surface slidably supporting said containment means and at least one end provided with a lid openable by a user, said open end of said containment means disposed immediately adjacent said lid, said casing means including means for engaging said containment means to retain the same inside said casing means; and user-operated moving means movably supported inside said casing means for moving said closed end of said containment means toward said lid, to thereby facilitate sequential access to said plurality of contained bread slices when said lid is opened.