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Cafés & restaurants•1 September 2026

Café labour cost percentage: what good looks like

Labour is the biggest controllable line in a café after stock. Here is how to work out your labour cost percentage, what the UK bands look like, and how to fix a high one.

By Wavro team · 4 min read

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Rotas, clock-ins, labour cost, and timesheets for small UK shift teams.

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