The company's purpose is to operate a grocery store, including the trade of all types of food and non-food products, as well as the trade of tobacco, spirits, and alcoholic beverages. It also aims to produce and trade prepared or semi-prepared products with or without cooking. Furthermore, the company may engage in any other activity that has a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may notably create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or relating directly or indirectly thereto.