Hipster.
Also, find a market in an impoverished Hispanic neighborhood. Even if they don't have fresh peppers (I go to a market around here that grows them year-round in a greenhouse), they'll have a higher quality powdered version.
As much as I hate hipsters, their organic places do carry decent spices and other dry goods. Never buy vegetables from an organic place, the suppliers use shady stuff that's borderline spoiled, and the hipsters are too stupid to know the difference.
Junk food, I buy at Wal-Mart. Anything good, I get from a small farmer's market or 'poor' grocery store (I miss Food Lion. They're only down south, I believe). Meat always comes from a butcher, who is supplied by local farmers and hunters. There was a butcher where I used to live that stocked venison, whether it was deer season or not. Deer meat is always lean, and significantly cheaper than lean beef. Excellent stuff, if you can find a butcher who carries it.
Admittedly, I'm no stranger to Wal-Mart's pre-cooked deli chicken when I'm feeling lazy.