Lund Food Holdings, parent of 22 Lunds and Byerly's stores in the Twin Cities, said Monday it has promoted two executives to new leadership positions.

Jim Geisler, who has more than 40 years of retail grocery experience, is the chief operations officer. He joined Lund Food in 1995 as a store manager and eventually became a senior operations executive.

Phil Lombardo, a 30-year grocery industry veteran, is the chief marketing and merchandising officer. He joined Lund in 2002 as director of nonperishables and eventually became vice president of sales and marketing.

Mike Hughlett