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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              CONTACT:      Marc Jampole
                                                   Jampole Communications, Inc.
                                                   412-471-2463

          FORMER EXECUTIVE REJOINS PENN TRAFFIC AS CHIEF MARKETING AND
                             DISTRIBUTION OFFICER


         SYRACUSE,  NEW YORK,  JULY 10, 2006 --- The Penn Traffic Company today
announced  that Greg Young, a former  executive with the Company,  is rejoining
Penn Traffic as Sr. Vice President and Chief Marketing & Distribution Officer.

         "Greg Young has a proven track record of developing  and  implementing
successful consumer marketing programs that anticipate and respond to the needs
of  supermarket  customers,"  said Bob Chapman,  President and Chief  Executive
Officer  of Penn  Traffic.  "Since  he  left  our  Company,  he has  gained  an
additional wealth of experience in marketing, operations and distribution. Greg
is very familiar with all our markets and our distribution system. Penn Traffic
was  disappointed  when he left and we are delighted  that Greg is returning to
help us grow our business."

         As Sr. Vice  President  and Chief  Marketing &  Distribution  Officer,
Young will report directly to the President and be responsible for managing all
functions in Penn Traffic's marketing and distribution operations.

         In his first stint with Penn  Traffic,  Young  served for more than 25
years in a number of  management  and other  positions  at Penn Traffic and P&C
Foods,  including as Vice President of the Grocery Division,  Vice President of
Grocery   Merchandising,   Director   of   Grocery   Merchandising,   Wholesale
Merchandising Manager, Grocery Buyer and Store Manager. Young began working for
the Company as a P&C store employee in 1974.

         When Young left Penn  Traffic in 1999,  he became  Vice  President  of
Sales & Merchandising for A&P Super Foodmart.  He also worked as Vice President
of Store Operations and Group Vice  President/General  Manager for A&P. For the
past three years, Young has been an executive with C&S Wholesale Grocers, first
as Vice  President of Perishables  and most recently as Vice  President/General
Manager of C&S Retail.

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         The Penn Traffic Company  operates 112  supermarkets in  Pennsylvania,
central and upstate New York,  Vermont  and New  Hampshire  under the  Quality,
BiLo,  and P&C trade  names.  Penn  Traffic  also  operates  a  wholesale  food
distribution  business  serving  78  licensed  franchises  and  50  independent
operators and Penny Curtiss, a Syracuse-based commercial bakery.