The production, manufacturing, packaging, processing, import and export, purchase and sale, marketing and distribution of food products and substances in general, fresh, preserved, frozen or deep-frozen, also through the internet and by electronic means, on its own account and on behalf of third parties, wholesale and retail, including the management of warehouses and retail outlets; the management and operation, direct or indirect, of commercial establishments for the retail sale of products; the provision of food and beverages to the public; the creation, development and marketing of technologies, production systems or parts thereof for the processing of the aforementioned food products, as well as research and development in the aforementioned sector and related sectors; membership in consortia, associations and entities in general, with or without legal personality, which have the purpose of enhancing and protecting the food sector; it may also carry out any other operation instrumental to the achievement of the company's purpose. It may open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.