Toaster Strudel was invented by the company General Mills.
There are lots of abreveations for GEC, but the company that invented the electric toaster, is called The General Electrical Company
The first electric toaster was invented by the British company Crompton and Co in 1893. This first toaster was only able to toast one side of the bread slice at a time and required constant supervision.
1931
Russel Hobbs invented the glass toaster.
Alan MacMasters invented the first electric toaster in 1893. The first bread toast to pop-up and eject the toast was invented by Charles Strite. He patented it in 1919.
The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain. The pop-up toaster was invented in 1919 by Charles Strite in Minnesota.
The toaster was invented before World War I, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. An electric toaster was invented in 1893, but it was not commercially successful. A successful electric toaster was invented in 1909, also before WWI. But the pop-up toaster was not invented until after WWI, in 1921. So it is likely that refinements of the toaster invention were continuing during the war.
The company known as the General Electric Company (GEC) is credited with inventing the electric toaster. General Electric Company, not to be confused with the American company General Electric (GE), was a British conglomerate that was founded in 1886. The electric toaster was a significant advancement in kitchen technology, allowing for more efficient and consistent toasting of bread compared to traditional methods.
The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain by Crompton and Co (UK) and re-invented in 1909 in the United States. It only toasted one side of the bread at a time and it required a person to stand by and turn it off manually when the toast looked done. Charles Strite invented the modern timer, pop-up toaster in 1919. Source: about.com
They were invented because there had to be a good treat out there.
The toaster was invented in 1909 by Frank Shailor