{"id":88671,"date":"2026-01-16T17:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88671\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:16:12","slug":"grandpa-joes-candy-shop-continues-expansion-as-it-enters-its-sixth-u-s-state-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88671\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa Joe\u2019s Candy Shop continues expansion as it enters its sixth U.S. state \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A growing Pittsburgh-based retailer is officially entering its sixth U.S. state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Grandpa Joe\u2019s Candy Shop, an experiential candy, soda and gifts store, is opening its first Texas location this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The new store will open in Flower Mound, Texas, on January 22, and it will be the retailer\u2019s 22nd location overall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/grandpa-joes-candy-shop-expanding-into-texas.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/grandpa-joes-candy-shop-expanding-into-texas.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/multi-vehicle-crash-shuts-down-i-79-northbound-marshall-township\/ABI5FPXCHFFH5JSOWXZJEITL4A\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Major crash shuts down I-79 northbound in Marshall Township; person taken to hospital<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/woman-kidnapped-gunpoint-pistol-whipped-before-escaping-wilkinsburg-gas-station\/7NVJEU5ND5GXPKLJA2WHOSSFUA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman kidnapped at gunpoint, pistol-whipped before escaping at Wilkinsburg gas station<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/vehicle-crashes-into-upmc-shadyside-hospital-pittsburgh\/HUKNTJGCBRCJ5FWA5FK2GPNZAE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minivan crashes into UPMC Shadyside hospital in Pittsburgh<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/snow-showers-possible-throughout-day-steadiest-snow-later-evening\/LWECTVC375ANRN4WI2PYAUVZ7E\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snow showers possible throughout the day, steadiest snow later in the evening<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/station\/attention-verizon-fios-customers-you-could-lose-access-wpxi-tv\/RDWO7VMUKRHCJNB2S7UXZ2HZFM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verizon\/Fios Blocks Viewers Access to WPXI-TV 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A growing Pittsburgh-based retailer is officially entering its sixth U.S. state. 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