Fox and Grapes

Fox and Grapes is a public house (pub) located in Scholes, a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is a licensed drinking and dining venue of the type that forms the backbone of the British community pub sector, offering beer, wine, spirits and pub food to local residents and visitors in the Leeds area. The pub sits within the large managed and leased pub estate of Stonegate Group, one of the United Kingdom's biggest pub operators. Stonegate Group describes itself as catering for all occasions, from city-centre bars to neighbourhood locals within walking distance, and it operates a portfolio of over a thousand managed pubs, bars and clubs alongside thousands of leased and tenanted businesses. Fox and Grapes is one such local venue in that wider network, and its official web presence is hosted through the Stonegate pub-finder and Classic Inns channels. As a neighbourhood pub, Fox and Grapes serves the everyday social and hospitality needs of its catchment: casual drinking, meals, and community gathering. Its identity is tied to its location in Scholes on the eastern edge of Leeds, and it is one of many similarly named 'Fox and Grapes' pubs across Britain, a traditional pub name combining two common heraldic and rural motifs. Ownership of the pub has passed through the consolidation of the British pub trade. Stonegate Pub Company was formed in November 2010 following the acquisition of 333 pubs from Mitchell & Butlers, and it grew through a series of acquisitions including Town & City Pub Company, Maclay Inns sites, TCG pubs, Intertain, Novus Leisure venues, Be at One and Fever Bars. In March 2020 Stonegate purchased Ei Group for £1.27bn, becoming the largest pub company in the UK, with a portfolio comprising 1,289 managed sites and 3,284 leased and tenanted businesses. Fox and Grapes forms part of this consolidated estate. Today the pub continues to trade as a local venue within the Stonegate Group network, listed through the group's pub-finder service and its Classic Inns branding.

Fox and Grapes is a public house in Scholes, Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. Like many British pubs, its history is bound up with the wider evolution of the licensed trade in the Leeds area and with the successive ownership changes that have reshaped the UK pub sector. The pub operates under the traditional name 'Fox and Grapes', a common British pub name that combines two familiar motifs — the fox and the grape — and which is shared by numerous unrelated pubs across the country. Its specific identity is tied to the village of Scholes, located to the east of Leeds city centre. In the modern era, Fox and Grapes has formed part of the estate of Stonegate Group, one of the largest pub companies in the United Kingdom. Stonegate Pub Company was formed in November 2010 following the acquisition of 333 pubs from Mitchell & Butlers. It expanded rapidly: in June 2011 it purchased the Town & City Pub Company, acquiring the Yates and Slug & Lettuce brands; in June 2015 it acquired 15 sites from the Scottish operator Maclay Inns and later that year 53 pubs from Tattershall Castle Group (TCG), including the Henry's Café Bar and Tattershall Castle brands; in December 2016 it exchanged on a package of 10 JD Wetherspoon pubs and acquired Walkabout owner Intertain, adding 30 sites; in July 2018 it acquired 15 sites from Novus Leisure, including Forge, Sway, Loop and Core, and announced the purchase of cocktail bar specialist Be at One; and in January 2019 it acquired Bar Fever Ltd (Fever Bars), comprising 32 venues under the Fever, Zinc and Moo Moo brands, plus a further six sites from Novus Leisure. The defining moment in Stonegate's growth came in March 2020, when it purchased Ei Group for £1.27bn, making it the largest pub company in the UK. Stonegate's portfolio then comprised 1,289 sites within the managed division and 3,284 leased and tenanted businesses. In February 2023, Stonegate appointed David McDowall as its new CEO. Fox and Grapes sits within this consolidated estate. Its official web presence is provided through Stonegate's pub-finder service and its Classic Inns branding, and it continues to trade as a local pub serving the Scholes and wider Leeds community.

• 2023

  David McDowall appointed as Stonegate CEO

• 2020

  Stonegate purchases Ei Group for £1.27bn, becoming the largest pub company in the UK

• 2019

  Stonegate acquires Bar Fever Ltd (Fever Bars) and six further Novus Leisure sites

• 2018

  Stonegate acquires 15 sites from Novus Leisure and announces purchase of Be at One

• 2016

  Stonegate exchanges on 10 JD Wetherspoon pubs and acquires Intertain, adding 30 sites

• 2015

  Stonegate acquires 15 sites from Maclay Inns and 53 pubs from Tattershall Castle Group (TCG)

• 2011

  Stonegate purchases Town & City Pub Company, acquiring Yates and Slug & Lettuce brands

• 2010

  Stonegate Pub Company formed following acquisition of 333 pubs from Mitchell & Butlers

A neighbourhood community pub in Scholes, Leeds, within the Stonegate Group estate.

• Beer

• Wine

• Spirits

• Pub food

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2. 2About us | Stonegate Groupstonegategroup.co.uk
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