The company's purpose is to operate a store selling food and non-food products, including wines, tobacco, newspapers, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; to operate a tea room as well as all activities and services related to catering. The company may also engage in any other activity that has a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular 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 that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly.