However, inflation has deeply affected Dutch Bros due to the rising price of coffee, milk, sugar, labor, and other inputs that go into hand-crafting beverages. Additionally, Dutch Bros slashed its selling, general, and administrative expenses by more than 30%, helping to offset increases in the costs of sales, interest, and income taxes. Additionally, inflation will likely decrease at some point, and as conditions improve, Dutch Bros could again return to higher same-shop sales growth, which would serve as a strong tailwind for this stock.