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The burger chain eyes Europe, among other regions.

Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.

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New research released today by McDonald’s UK revealed that almost a third (29%) of senior decision makers are likely to consider a career change in the next five years, with 43% of Managing Directors thinking about a second career.

According to an article by NewsGuardian, Burger King will be offering home delivery in its Bedford Street, North Shields.

The global provider of on-demand supply chain management and intelligence solutions purpose-built for the food industry expanded its offering for EMEA.

The fast food chain opened its newest restaurant in Brighton, as part of a planned UK expansion.

Oldham Council announced that Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), Loungers, and Nando’s are the first restaurants to launch in the £36.7m Old Town Hall on October 21.

The Mexican food chain is opening its twelfth UK outlet on Manvers Way in Greater Rotherham on Saturday October 1. To celebrate the occasion, the first 100 customers on opening day will score an exclusive ‘Manvers’ First 100’ T-Shirt for free.

Daisy Green is set to open in Victoria's newest upscale development, Nova, this October with 'Timmy Green’.

The artisan bakery is offering coffee for just £1 this National Coffee Day (29 September).

The street food chain took two awards at the 2016 Urban Food Awards, picking up the prizes for both “Sustainable Streetfood” and a new award recognising their innovative use of surplus food.

Saiphin Moore and the team behind Rosa’s Thai Cafe announced the launch of Lao Café, a permanent version of the successful pop-up they ran at their Gillingham Street site in 2015.

The fast food chain unveiled its new menu which includes an exclusive new dish, made in collaboration with professional chef, food writer and TV presenter, Gizzi Erskine.

In August, the average British household spent £229 on out of home leisure, a £7 (3%) increase year-on-year and a £20 (10%) increase month-on-month, according to the latest leisure spend tracker report by Greene King.

Data from the NPD Group has revealed how pubs stand for over 10% of all out of home traffic in Great Britain. In real terms, this represents 1.3 billion visits in the year ending June 2016. Fiscally, the importance of pubs is even greater as £10.3 billion is spent in pubs every year. This means that almost 1 in every £5 spent out of home are spent in Pubs.