The title seems to be backwards. Doesn't surging inflation cause the food prices to go up?

I have been seeing a lot of weird definitions for "inflation" lately and it's not doing the population any favors. The BBC defines inflation as "the price of things going up." This is like saying that a rise in shoplifting is caused by an increase in shoplifters.

Quite simply inflation occurs when you have less goods and services compared to the amount of currency in circulation. The cure is to increase production of goods and services to outpace the amount of new money entering the economy.