The company's purpose is to operate cafes, restaurants, catering services, take-out sales, as well as the purchase, sale, export and import of food products, alcoholic beverages and restaurant equipment, and all operations that converge with its purpose. The company may 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 that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire real estate, encumber it, alienate it and manage it. The company may, with or without remuneration, grant loans to its members or third parties, or provide securities of all kinds to cover the obligations of its members or third parties.