SYRACUSE (AP) – The Penn Traffic Co., a supermarket operator in the Northeastern U.S., filed for Chapter 11 Wednesday with plans to sell off its stores and other assets.

The company, based in Syracuse, operates approximately 80 P&C, Quality and BiLo supermarkets in upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire. A P&C supermarket has been in operation on East Main Street in Norwich since April of 2006, when it replaced Tops Friendly Markets.