Pret A Manger has said it will create 1,000 new jobs this year - including 500 in the UK - following a "strong" performance in 2012.
But the company is likely to face calls for the majority of the new positions to go to British workers - having been criticised in the past for hiring high numbers of foreign workers.
The sandwich chain reported a 17% hike in sales last year to £443m, and said profits were also up by 17%, to £61.1m.
It opened 36 new shops in 2012 - including 19 in the UK, two in Hong Kong and four in Paris - taking its total to 320.
And it continued to expand in the US, launching 11 new stores and adding: "There is every sign that as we build critical mass there that this will prove a successful market for us."
Despite the global economic uncertainty, Pret said it had maintained "robust growth" in the first quarter of this year and planned to open 50 new shops over 2013.
It also unveiled plans to expand its National School Leaver Programme - which encourages younger people to work for Pret when they leave full-time education.
Chief executive Clive Schlee said 2012 was a strong year for the company.
"We continued to invest in our core values, improving our menu, launching innovative employment schemes and building and refurbishing shops in all our markets," he said.
"We opened in Paris and in a fourth US city, Boston, and we gave more money to our charities than ever before."
The first Pret was opened in London in 1986 by co-founders Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe.
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