Just about any of the organic type grocery chains will have the same crowd. Locally, Earth Fare is famous for the sour-faced anorexic cat ladies tottering slowly up and down the aisles. The only exception to that rule I can think of would be Fresh Market, if you have those where you are. It’s not quite so self-consciously catering to the organic crowd but beautiful produce, beautiful deli selections, hard to find high quality seasonings, etcetera. Not nearly as snotty of a crowd for whatever reason. Prices aren’t quite up there with Whole Foods either, but I would never call Fresh Market cheap. You want cheap, deal with Food Lion and their on again off again stocking of items you typically buy. One week it’s there, the next it isn’t, maybe it’ll pop up again at some point in the future, maybe not. Very easy to shop cheaply if you can deal with that.
It looks like the Maryland Fresh Markets are all pretty far from me; but I get to Rockville now and then, and will look for it.