The company's purpose is to manufacture and distribute beers and beer-based drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages of all kinds, animal feed supplements and food. Furthermore, the company may establish branches, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, broker, manage, finance and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.