If there has ever been an indicator of inflation, it is fast food value menus. These items or menus have always been the last to reflect changes in prices and have been the last resource indicating whether the economy was at a serious risk.
In the current economic environment, with inflation skyrocketing driven among other things by the several Supply Chain challenges and constraints most of the world are facing, fast food chains have had no other option but to increase the prices on their most iconic menus, leaving customers with the sensation that the old prices are gone for good.
The below video explains some of the challenges fast food chains
have been facing and how Supply Chains have been key drivers for the latest
price increases.