The company's purpose is the purchase, sale, import, export, production, processing, packaging, and marketing of all types of products and goods in the agri-food sector. It can handle all financial, commercial, industrial, and real estate operations and conclude all contracts necessary to develop its purpose, in Switzerland and abroad. It can also create branches, take stakes in other companies, or appoint subcontractors, in Switzerland and abroad. It can grant loans to its partners or to third parties, act as a guarantor for loans taken out by its partners or third parties, guarantee these loans by issuing or pledging mortgage securities or by subscribing to any other financial commitment, and pledge its assets to guarantee any claim.