Maid-Rite Announces Expansion

Des Moines Register:

Maid-Rite, the 86-year-old Iowa restaurant chain, has added four new restaurants, with seven others under construction and plans for 11 more in the coming year.
Many of the expansions are in states where Maid-Rite has not had operations in the past, including North Carolina, Utah, Florida and Ohio, said Maid-Rite chief Bradley Burt.
The most recent additions mean the chain now has 74 restaurants in 14 states, Burt said.
He said the recent economic turnaround has been good for selling Maid-Rite franchises to late-in-life entrepreneurs who see the chain as a chance reclaim their piece of the American dream.
“After going through the doldrums of the economic recession in 2009, 2010 and parts of 2011, it is wonderful to see the American Spirit unfold and to see our franchisees opening new restaurants across this great land,” Burt said.
He said the Des Moines-based chain has seen growing interest from potential new oweners in part because it is one of the least expensive restaurant franchises.

Maid-Rite has been a Greenville, Ohio institution for years, and it was only about 10 years ago I found out there were stores in other places.  Anyway, lots of people love it, but I don't get it.  I'll go for K's or the Spot.