The company's purpose is the purchase, sale, import, export, manufacture, production, processing, distribution and marketing in general of all products, basic or manufactured, of all categories, related to food and household, as well as the purchase, rental, sale and provision of movable and immovable property, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE; the company may grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties if it serves its interests; the company may establish branches and subsidiaries and may participate in other companies, both in Switzerland and abroad, and in general, carry out any activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose; the company may acquire, hold and dispose of real estate both in Switzerland and abroad; it may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial transactions as well as act as guarantor or guarantee for subsidiaries or third parties.