SANTIAGO, March 22 (Reuters) - The Chilean unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc(WMT) will invest $800 million in the country over the next three years and will open 55 to 60 new supermarkets, the company said in a press release on Wednesday.
"We are confident in the future potential of the country, and we are convinced that spaces exist to continue expanding our low-cost model," Walmart Chile general manager Horacio Barbeito said in a statement.
(Reporting by Gram Slattery; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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