The company's purpose is to operate restaurants and other food service establishments, as well as to buy and sell food and goods of all kinds. The company may also participate in other businesses, establish branches and agencies in Switzerland and abroad, found subsidiaries, acquire, manage and sell intellectual property rights and real estate, take out and grant loans, provide guarantees and other securities, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company directly or indirectly, or that relate to the investment and management of the company's assets.