De achtergrond hiervan is de overname van Grampian Country Food Group in het Verenigd Koninkrijk in augustus 2008 en de in november 2008 aangekondigde wijziging in de samenstelling van de Raad van Bestuur. ###>This was occasioned by the acquisition of the Grampian Country Food Group in the UK in August 2008 and the change in the composition of the Executive Board which was announced in November 2008.