Mike Weber, vice president of finance at XRS Corp., is being promoted to new chief financial officer, according to the company's news release. He is replacing Scott Christian who left the Eden Prairie-based software company in June. Weber has worked at XRS since 2007.

Jeffrey Graves will take over as chief executive officer and join the board of directors in May. The Eden Prairie-based company makes test systems and sensors.

Supervalu has pushed out CEO Craig Herkert from the struggling Eden Prairie-based supermarket chain, the Associated Press reports. Chairman Wayne Sales will take on the roles of president and chief executive officer as Supervalu explores a possible sale of its operations following disappointing quarterly results.

The struggling Eden Prairie-based supermarket chain is trying to "retain and motivate key employees." Earlier this month, Supervalu suspended its dividend and is considering a sale of its operations. A regulatory filing shows CEO Craig Herkert, CFO Sherry Smith, executive vice president Janel Haugarth and EVP Andrew Herring were awarded non-qualified stock options and retention agreements as long as they stay with the company through 2014.

Eden Prairie-based Supervalu Inc. has inked a deal to sell its supermarket distribution center near Kenosha, Wis., to Meijer Inc., a Michigan-based retailer and grocer, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Terms of the deal were not released. Supervalu is set to move out of the 580,000-square-foot facility by 2013.

Birchwood Laboratories Inc., an Eden Prairie-based distributor of various consumer products, has agreed to pay $500,000 to the California Air Pollution Control Fund for violating strict air quality rules, the Sacramento Bee reports. The first of four $125,000 installments was paid in August.

The Eden Prairie-based supermarket operator says Java Delight will go on sale in September at its 1,100 retail stores, including Cub Foods in the Twin Cities metro. The single-serve coffee pods will be compatible with Keurig and other leading brewing systems.