Supermarket giant on hunt for CFO

Supervalu Inc. is losing its chief finance officer.



The company announced that Bruce Besanko plans to resign as executive VP, COO and CFO effective July 5, 2017 to pursue an outside opportunity.



Rob Woseth, executive VP and chief strategy officer of Supervalu, will assume the additional position of interim CFO. David Johnson, the company’s VP, controller, will assume the additional position of interim chief accounting officer. Woseth and Johnson will assume the interim roles while Supervalu conducts a search for a permanent chief financial officer.



“On behalf of Supervalu, I want to thank Bruce for his service over the past four years. Bruce made numerous contributions to this organization, including improvements to the company’s capital structure that have laid the groundwork for our transformation. We wish Bruce well in his future endeavors,” said Mark Gross, president and CEO, Supervalu.