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New name, same sandwich: Galesburg’s Maid-Rite becomes Red’s Sandwich Shop
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The restaurant long known as Maid-Rite closed for the final time Saturday, July 25, 2026, after Becky Willer’s family ran it for 49 years.
It reopened Tuesday, July 28, under new owner Chery Lundeen, a longtime employee, with a new name: Red’s Sandwich Shop.
A subtle handoff that didn’t stay subtleWiller and Lundeen said they had hoped to keep the ownership change low-key.
She said a Maid-Rite sandwich cost about $1.25 when she started; today it’s $3.25.
According to Willer, Lundeen had hoped to take over the business herself years earlier, but a prior attempt didn’t work out.