The company's purpose: the operation of public establishments and shops for the trade of products intended for consumption; the import, export, marketing and distribution of all consumer goods; the operation and management of restaurants, tea rooms, bars, hotels, snack bars, as well as the trade of foodstuffs (gourmet groceries, wines, spirits) and non-food items (tobacco, newspapers, lottery) and all related operations. It may also, either for its own account or for the account of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, movable or immovable operations directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and participate, in any form, in all similar enterprises, notably by taking stakes in similar enterprises. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.