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Hiring Restaurant Staff: 5 Tips to Increasing Employee Retention

Discover effective employee retention strategies for restaurants. Learn how to calculate turnover rates, identify key qualities, conduct thorough interviews, invest in training, and leverage data.

Greta Kovacs
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October 22, 2025
5 minutes to read

Whether you manage a coffee chain or run a full-service establishment, you know that hiring the right staff and keeping them can be a challenging task. Turnover rates in the restaurant industry are high, with the average annual rate being 79.6% over the past decade.

High turnover is costly for restaurants – affecting overall operations, training efforts, consistency, and guest experiences.

So how do you find the right talent for your establishment? How do you sustain the staff you have?

In this article, we’ll explore how to create an effective employee retention strategy, so you can hire effectively, retain the best talent, and grow alongside a stable and efficient team.

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