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How inflation is affecting your wallet at the ballpark concession stand this season

It's costing more to root, root, root for the home team, especially if you want to pony up for peanuts and Cracker Jack.

A maelstrom of complications -- including COVID-19-driven supply-chain disruptions, skyrocketing fuel prices and additional spending cash available to consumers from U.S. government stimulus programs -- has contributed to the rate of inflation hitting a four-decade high of 9.1% in June. The effects have rippled through consumer prices, from gas to groceries -- and to the price of ballpark concessions.

ESPN polled the five hospitality vendors who supply food and beverages for MLB's 30 teams -- Sodexo Live!