The purchase, sale, import and export of all manufactured food products, the operation of a tobacco and newspaper retail business and all related activities; the company may, in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches, participate in other companies, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, carry out all economic, industrial, financial, movable and immovable transactions, except those prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE) and conclude all contracts suitable for developing the company's purpose or related directly or indirectly thereto.