The company's purpose is to trade and market products, including fresh products, vegetables, fruits, frozen products and all other by-products, as well as to acquire and manage participations in Swiss or foreign companies of all kinds. The company may acquire, manage, transfer, use and develop patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how and other intellectual property rights, acquire, rent, manage and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.