The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or Basic Food in Washington State, provides low-income individuals and families a monthly benefit that can be used to buy food. This report examines the experiences of 341,122 households that were continuously enrolled in Basic Food throughout calendar year (CY) 2022. These households spent more than $1.1 billion in Basic Food benefits at participating retailers in the year, including supermarkets, convenience stores, internet retailers and others. This report describes how Basic Food benefits were used in CY 2022, breaking down expenditures by type of retailer and the characteristics of Basic Food households.
