operation of food stores, such as grocery stores, including the sale of food products, beverages, household items, fresh, frozen, fine food, tobacco, all catering activities, as well as all ancillary activities related to retail trade and catering. With regard to participations in real estate companies based in Switzerland, they will be limited to real estate companies whose buildings are exclusively for commercial use. The company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, industrial, real estate or movable transactions, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose, create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in all enterprises having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose and grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties, if it serves its interests, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE.