EXHIBIT 31.1
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                                 CERTIFICATION


I, Gregory J. Young, certify that:

1.        I have  reviewed  this Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Penn Traffic
          Company;

2.        Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain  any  untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

3.        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this report,  fairly present in all material
          respects the  financial  condition,  results of  operations  and cash
          flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
          report;

4.        The registrant's  other certifying  officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e)  for the
          registrant and have:

          a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
                disclosure  controls and  procedures  to be designed  under our
                supervision to ensure that material information relating to the
                registrant,  including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made
                known  to us by  others  within  those  entities,  particularly
                during the period in which this report is being prepared;

          b)    Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the  registrant's  disclosure
                controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in this  report  our
                conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure  controls
                and  procedures,  as of the end of the  period  covered by this
                report based on such evaluation: and

          c)    Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change  in  the  registrant's
                internal control over financial  reporting that occurred during
                the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter (the  registrant's
                fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                materially  affected,  or is  reasonably  likely to  materially
                affect,  the  registrant's   internal  control  over  financial
                reporting; and

5.        The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent  evaluation  of internal  control  over  financial
          reporting,  to the  registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of
          registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

          a)    All  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
                design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over   financial
                reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect the
                registrant's ability to record,  process,  summarize and report
                financial information; and

          b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
                other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting.


                    October 31, 2007           By: /s/ Gregory J. Young
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                          Date                     Gregory J. Young
                                                   President and Chief Executive
                                                   Officer