Trader Joe's is a "small footprint" grocery store that emphasizes value, maybe even extreme value without overly sacrificing quality. Many of the items at Trader Joe's carry their branding and many of them are good. Natural Peanut Butter for instance costs about $2.00 at Trader Joe's and is very good where at other stores you can pay anywhere from 3 - 4. They have small produce section, but again reasonably priced, and a small dairy and baked goods section. The aisles have the normal canned and dry food products.
You'll notice a 60's hipness to the Trader Joe's staff and a casual but work hard disposition. You'll see a lot of tatooes and ear piercings.
I like Trader Joes because the prices are very good and the quality is good considering the price. The Trader Joe's we frequent is on Market around 21st. It has a small parking lot and is entered from the rear of the building.
The other alternatives in Center City are Whole Foods, which has two locations, Shop-Rite which has two that I visit, and the smaller locally owned markets. The Whole Foods stores are small compared to the ones you see in suburban locations but the product is the same. They do have a good deli/meats departments as well as good cheeses. Personally, if I am looking for the higher quality cheeses I prefer DiBruno's. (see my link: di-brunos-is-very-good.html)
One surprise you will find in Center City is that many of the small store front produce and grocery store stores can have very good prices, especially in the produce.
Trader Joes: http://www.traderjoes.com/
Whole Foods: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/
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