Hong Kong protests, pandemic, squeezed profits: closure of La Rotisserie, French roast chicken chain, ends three-year struggle to survive

• The restaurant chain announced this week it would close on January 7. Two of its co-founders blame three years of struggle and an inability to grow fast enough
• The 2019 street protests, Covid-19 and delivery firms’ squeeze on profits were factors, they said; investors also didn’t want to put money in a Western business