"This is not a transitory problem. This is chronic and systemic"

I wonder if it'd be worth tracking down suppliers for ketchup packets and ramekins. Ramekins come in different sizes and shapes and prices.  Very interesting.  I do not get the sense that there are shortages in ramekins as a whole, perhaps specialized ramekins but if that's the case then you'd have shortages in that market all the time.   Jon Taffer on restaurant food price inflation.  

The price surge began in the pandemic.  

But what is the inflation there?

The price surge began with tariffs on fertilizer and reduced supplies of natural gas (according to this farmer). (Of course the Fed has played its usual part as we all know.)