EX-23.2 3 a04-14912_1ex23d2.htm EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

 

The Penn Traffic Company 401(k) Savings Plan

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-88275) of The Penn Traffic Company of our report dated June 13, 2003 relating to the financial statements of The Penn Traffic Company 401(k) Savings Plan, which appears in this form 11-K.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

December 15, 2004

 



 

Report of Independent Auditors

 

To the Participants and Administrator
of The Penn Traffic Company
401(k) Savings Plan

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of The Penn Traffic Company 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management: our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.  We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at December 31, 2002 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

As discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements, on May 30, 2003, the Plan’s Sponsor, The Penn Traffic Company filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

 

June 13, 2003, except with respect to certain
matters discussed in Note 8 as to which the
date is June 24, 2003.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP