The company's purpose is the restoration and sale of beverages and food, the purchase, holding and sale of participations, the purchase, holding and sale of real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may carry out all financial, commercial or industrial, movable or immovable operations, except those prohibited by the LFAIE, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. The company may also grant or request loans or guarantees to its shareholders or their close relatives, to its subsidiaries or related parties and carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions pursuing its corporate purpose directly or indirectly. It may notably create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its corporate purpose or directly or indirectly related to it.