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title: "How To Improve Staff Retention In Your Restaurant Business"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/42d2b874-6116-489d-b19b-7d3b3ed04368
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/how-to-improve-staff-retention-in-your-restaurant-business-2718201
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2022-03-15T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:22.380Z
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# How To Improve Staff Retention In Your Restaurant Business

**TL;DR:** Restaurant operators should prioritize staff retention and employee engagement to reduce turnover rates, which average 73% in the industry. The high staff turnover rate is a significant problem for restaurant owners and operators, resulting in repeated recruiting, hiring, and training costs.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-03-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/how-to-improve-staff-retention-in-your-restaurant-business-2718201).*

## Story

Being in the industry, we have a steady stream of numbers that need to be tracked and evaluated like rent, food cost, and wages. And on today’s show, I discuss why staff turnover should also make it to the top of the list, and what employee engagement tactics should be used to reduce this number.

I'm sure you know how high the staff turnover rate of the restaurant industry is. The industry is well known as a revolving door when it comes to staff, with turnover rate averaging at 73% for most establishments. This means that there's a significant staff retention and employee engagement problem.

From the conversations I’ve had with restaurant operators and owners over the years, they all have the common problem of not being able to retain staff. The burden of having to replace a large number of restaurant staff members is extremely tiresome and is bad for business, with the time, energy, and money poured into repeated recruiting, hiring and training.

So, as a restaurant operator or owner, how can you reduce your restaurant staff turnover rate and encourage staff retention to save on business resources?

Keep watching to see a better way to improve staff turnover and employee engagement problems in your restaurant business.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- employee engagement (topic)
- staff retention (topic)
- turnover rates (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/how-to-improve-staff-retention-in-your-restaurant-business-2718201). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/42d2b874-6116-489d-b19b-7d3b3ed04368).