UK based food retailer Waitrose has signed a deal with Chilean supermarket chain Unimarc, as the UK chain continues to expand into overseas markets.

The deal will see Waitrose supply products including pasta, mayonnaise, biscuits and tea to customers in Chile. The move comes as Waitrose announced that international sales increased by 20 percent over the last year.

Waitrose business-to-business director, David Morton, commented: “"South America, in particular Chile, has a growing economy and we were approached by Unimarc to help meet the demand for more cosmopolitan flavours among their customers."

The addition of Chile to Waitrose’s overseas markets represents the 46th country that the supermarket now holds a presence in, since the company started exporting internationally in 1996.

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