{"id":268531,"date":"2026-04-27T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/268531\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:34:07","slug":"140-year-old-lammes-candies-closes-round-rock-shop-austin-location-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/268531\/","title":{"rendered":"140-year-old Lammes Candies closes Round Rock shop, Austin location to follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAustin-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lammes.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lammes Candies<\/a> closed its Round Rock storefront April 24, with the flagship store on Airport Boulevard in Austin to follow soon, according to the business.<\/p>\n<p>About the business<\/p>\n<p>Family-owned candy manufacturer and seller Lammes has operated in the Austin area since it opened in 1885, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lammes.com\/about-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">company<\/a>. The candy company is known for a specialty praline made with Texas pecans as well as chocolates, taffies, brittles and other treats.<\/p>\n<p>What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p>The closure comes as the company works to wind-down its operations, and the Austin store will remain open for &#8220;a bit longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decision comes after careful consideration of changing market conditions and the long-term sustainability of our operations,&#8221; a notice posted for customer view states. &#8220;It was not made lightly. Lammes Candies has always been more than a business, it has been a family legacy, and a part of so many lives and celebrations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Closed April 24110 I-35, Ste. 150, Round Rock; 5330 Airport Blvd., Austin<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lammes.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.lammes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin-based Lammes Candies closed its Round Rock storefront April 24, with the flagship store on Airport Boulevard in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,100030,134,133,100027,100028,100029,79756,100031],"class_list":["post-268531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-business-updates","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-lammes-candies-austin","tag-lammes-candies-round-rock","tag-round-rock-business-closure","tag-round-rock-business-news","tag-round-rock-business-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}