According to the New York Times, the article “That Dinner Tab Has Soared. Here Are All the Reasons.” Let’s understand a little more about the dynamics of the food and beverage industry and how its concept has been affected by the pandemic. With the pandemic and many other events such as climate change and wars around the world, New York City, like many other places, has been tremendously affected with demands and shortage that have forced prices to increase not only in the restaurants but also in our essential needs. Some of the examples are cooking oil, proteins such as beef and pork, kitchen utensils such as the refrigerator and even staff. Moffett states in the article that “there is a shortage of truck drivers. There is a shortage of people working in factories. There is a shortage of people working in the fields.” All this affects inflation because without people these essential workers not only it is difficult to obtain the resources but also to maintain them since no one is looking out for them. Therefore, in my opinion, when I think about inflation it’s something that wouldn’t surprise me, but it’s definitely something that we need to be more concerned about and how to find solutions for it before this issue becomes impossible to resolve.