Operation/management of a food retail business with the purchase/sale of and wholesale trade in food, baked goods, meat and fish products and consumer goods of all kinds; import of meat, sausage and fish products; operation of a gastronomy business for the production of meals for the purpose of selling food specialties and meals as well as beverages; participations; acquisition, encumbrance, sale and management of real estate; financing and provision of guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.