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With tourism supporting growing demand for branded foods in Myanmar, the growing market offers international food makers a growth opportunity. However, the country - which has infrastructure and regulatory challenges - can also be difficult to navigate. just-food spoke to industry experts on the ground to find out more.

just-food publishes the most notable product development from the international food sector, presented in bitesize format to give you a flavour of the innovation from your peers and competitors announced this week.

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Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, together with a consortium of investors including China's Banner Infant Dairy Products, will invest US$1bn to establish "Russia's largest" integrated dairy complex in the Ryazan region south east of Moscow. 

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Thailand-based food giant Charoen Pokphand Group and Australian meat company Thomas Foods International are planning into an "advanced food processing centre" in South Australia.

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Chinese retailer Wumart Stores said today (16 December) its plan to buy a batch of outlets in the country from Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group had fallen through.

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Chinese grocer Wumart Stores has snapped up stores from C.P. Lotus, a local retailer owned by Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group.

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Four bidders reportedly remain in the race to acquire Hong Kong retailer ParknShop - with regional retailers and private-equity firms said to be out of the running.

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Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group, the owner of Thai retailer CP All, has reportedly submitted a first-round bid for Hong Kong based supermarket ParknShop.

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UK food firm CP Foods is hoping to tap into the growing snacks market with the launch of a range of hot snacking products.

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Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is to acquire China meat and ready-to-eat foods producer Chia Tai Food Enterprise in a deal worth THB483m (US$15.8m).

Almost a year after buying Dole Food Co.'s international packaged food and Asian fresh businesses, Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. has looked again to the wider agrifood sector to diversify its business interests.