Nonfoods

The Penn Traffic Co. said it will shutter its Oswego, N.Y. and Lebanon, N.H. P&C Foods stores by early to mid-December, and that rival operator Price Chopper, based in Schenectady, N.Y., has agreed to purchase the stores' assets, and plans to operate them under its own banner.

Ahold-owned Stop & Shop and Giant Food will begin offering pet insurance this fall as a complement to their pet products, and an additional service to pet-owning shoppers.