DES MOINES Iowa Maid-Rite Corp. has partnered with Hy-Vee Inc. to open loose-meat sandwich shops in Hy-Vee’s convenience stores. The first Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe Express opened Nov. 26 in Omaha, ...

I grew up in southern Iowa where deer and pheasant nibbled in corn fields for as far as the eye can squint and bass and catfish swirled in backyard ponds. The kitchen table throughout my Midwestern ...

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More than eighty years after Maid-Rite got its start in Muscatine, Iowa, the chain has finally made it as far west as Denver, where Ralph’s Maid-Rite Sports Diner opened last week in Littleton.

The Maid-Rite sandwich was invented in Iowa in 1926 and remains popular to this day. Our version, which features seasoned ground beef, onions, and pickles, comes together in under 15 minutes. Nikki ...

COLUMBUS — Sandwiches made the right way. That is what Maid-Rite promises when it serves up its first loose-meat sandwich in Columbus. The Des Moines, Iowa-based franchise hopes to open here in four ...

Visit an original sandwich shop where if it's not Maid-Rite, it's made wrong. Visit an original sandwich shop where if it's not Maid-Rite, it's made wrong.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The Harry J Olson Senior Center brought back a beloved local tradition Thursday afternoon, hosting its third annual Maid-Rite sandwich fundraiser to support center programs and ...

The construction is complete and the staff hired and trained in preparation for the May 23 opening of the new Maid Rite restaurant on Second Avenue South in Onalaska. Scott and Roxanne Stuhr look ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Do you call it a loose meat? Sloppy Joe? Tavern? Maid Rite? It’s a sandwich well-known here in the Midwest: ground beef, on a bun. But the sauce, much like its name, is up for ...