Fish and chips industry on Ceres Podcast

Ceres released a new episode of its hospitality podcast this week featuring Jamie Russo of Redcloak Fish Bar in Stonehaven and Charlie Collins of Frydales in Leicester in a discussion about the pressures facing fish-and-chip operators. Episode listings on Libsyn, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube describe the conversation as an “honest operator-to-operator” look at the current state of the trade. The episode appears in current platform listings as #245, not #244, under the title “Jamie Russo & Charlie Collins on Fish Prices, Delivery Apps, Margins and the Future of Fish & Chips.” A separate listing shows episode #244 as a Welsh roundtable released earlier, indicating the social post and some preliminary references were one episode behind. (cerespfi.libsyn.com) ### Why does the episode number matter here? Spotify, Libsyn and Apple Podcasts all identify the Russo-Collins conversation as episode #245. Those listings also name Stelios as the host and say the discussion was originally planned as a Q&A before broadening into a wider exchange about what is happening across the trade. Podcast directories including Deezer and Podcast Addict list #244 as “Welsh Fish & Chip Operators on Trade, Tech and the Future,” not the Russo-Collins episode. (open.spotify.com) That makes the numbering correction the clearest factual update needed before describing the show. ### Who are Jamie Russo and Charlie Collins in the episode notes? Libsyn and Apple Podcasts identify Jamie Russo as being from Redcloak Fish Bar in Stonehaven and Charlie Collins as being from Frydales in Leicester. (cerespfi.libsyn.com) The episode notes frame the two as operators speaking directly about day-to-day business conditions rather than outside commentators. Spotify and YouTube use the same pairing and the same topic framing, which suggests the description was distributed consistently across Ceres’ main channels. (podcastaddict.com) The show is carried under the Ceres Podcast brand, and older Ceres materials describe it as part of the company’s food-and-hospitality coverage. ### What subjects did the platform listings say they covered? (cerespfi.libsyn.com) Spotify’s episode title names four subjects directly: fish prices, delivery apps, margins and the future of fish and chips. Libsyn and Apple describe the conversation more broadly as a discussion of “what’s really happening in the trade,” which aligns with the social briefing’s references to pricing, customer behavior and staffing pressures. (open.spotify.com) The available public listings do not provide a full transcript, so the most specific verified subjects come from the published episode title and description. Those materials show a conversation centered on operating economics and post-pandemic adjustments in the sector, rather than a consumer-facing food segment. ### Where can listeners find the episode now? Libsyn hosts the current monthly archive page for The Ceres Podcast and includes the Russo-Collins episode in its May 2026 listings. (cerespfi.libsyn.com) Apple Podcasts and Spotify also show the episode as currently available, and YouTube carries an audio-posted version under the Ceres account. A Ceres blog page that highlights the podcast’s archive also shows the latest-episode sequence, with #245 assigned to Russo and Collins and #244 assigned to the Welsh operators roundtable. (cerespfi.libsyn.com) That archive provides the clearest public cross-check on the numbering and feed placement. ### What is the next concrete thing to watch? (cerespfi.libsyn.com) Episode #245 is already live across Ceres’ main podcast platforms, including Libsyn, Apple, Spotify and YouTube. The next verifiable milestone will be whether Ceres posts additional clips, quotes or follow-up discussion under its Ceres PFI channels as the episode circulates. (cerespfi.libsyn.com) (ceres.shop)