The company's purpose is the manufacturing, operation, marketing, and distribution of food products in Switzerland and abroad, as well as the operation of restaurants and catering services. It also aims to engage in all activities related to real estate and construction, particularly the purchase, sale, management, brokerage, development, construction, and enhancement of all real estate properties, all except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE, and to take participations in all industrial, commercial, financial, and real estate companies (also except for all operations prohibited by the LFAIE). The company may also engage in any other activity directly or indirectly related to these purposes; it may, in particular, create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with identical or similar purposes, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations, and conclude all contracts aimed at developing and extending its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto.