The company's purpose is to operate a grocery store, buying and selling food and non-food products (food, beverages, alcohol, etc.) and retail trade, as well as importing and exporting such products, operating catering services, takeaways, rotisseries and other sales businesses. The company may establish 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 directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire real estate, encumber it, alienate it and manage it. The company may, with or without remuneration, grant loans to its members or third parties, or provide securities of all kinds to cover the commitments of its members or third parties.