'protect money from inflation'
change that to 'protect wealth from inflation', to protect wealth, you need to look at things as a 'store of value'
commodities usually shine here but not 100% since supply demand will still alter the price (plus manipulation)
the EASIEST way for the avg joe to protect from inflation is to buy up as many non-perishiables that that person will eventually use.
Sound silly, but with all the people acting smart and chasing stocks, etc if they just rather invested heavily in toilet paper during sales and stocked up they would probably be better off in the long run (or runs as the case may be)