McDonald's is to recruit 20,000 more people and open 50 new restaurants in the UK and Ireland this year.
The fast food chain will aim to employ the addition staff and set up the new franchises in locations across the country in the next six months.
Chief executive Paul Pomroy said over the next two years McDonald's will seek to open another 100 branches.
It comes in anticipation of increased capacity for staff as part of changing Government coronavirus guidelines.
The firm said the new staff are not to replace the jobs lost throughout the pandemic, and are instead to prepare for the additional restaurants.
All McDonald's branches shut in March last year as lockdown was announced even though they could technically remain open as takeaways but reopened partially in May.
Mr Pomroy said: "It's fantastic to be able to offer an additional 20,000 people an opportunity to work with us
"There is no doubt the pandemic has had a huge impact on many people's employment opportunities and threatened the future of high streets up and down the country.
"Our 1,400 restaurants are run by 200 local franchisees which means we have a personal stake in every one of our communities.
"It's a big responsibility, and the moves we've announced today reflect our commitment to continue to innovate and invest in the local communities and economies we serve."
He told The Telegraph McDonald's would focus on high streets in a bid to breathe life into struggling town centres.
McDonald's is one of the UK and Ireland's biggest employers, with more than 130,000 crew members across the country.
It announced in April it had returned to pre-pandemic levels of profit after a 7.5% rise in sales.
Recruitment has been hard and to attract more staff the chain upped its wages.
The chain declined to say where they would be opening.
The news is a boost to the UK's ailing economy.
Still reeling from repeat lockdowns it was reported last month how recovery this year could be better than first predicted.
It is now expected to grow by 7.2% this year as opposed to 5.1% first forecast but with debt still nearly 100% of GDP full recovery is expected to take a while.
Last month, burger chain Wendy's announced it would return to the UK, opening 400 outlets and employing 12,000 staff.
