The company's purpose is to buy and sell food, particularly dairy and cheese products, operate a cheese dairy and perform all related activities and services, as well as supply energy. The company may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, 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.