The purpose of the company is to operate gastronomy businesses, namely restaurants and hotels, as well as the sale and trade of products and services in the field of gastronomy. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.