Exhibit 11


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 1998

CONTACT:          NE Restaurant Company, Inc.
                  Contact:  Paul Hoagland,
                  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                  Phone:  508/ 870-9200
                  Fax:  508/ 870-9201
                      or
                  Bertucci's, Inc.
                  Contact:  Norman S. Mallett
                  Treasurer, Vice President-Finance, and Chief Financial Officer
                  Phone:  781/ 246-7878
                  Fax:  781/ 246-7458

        NE RESTAURANT COMPANY, INC. AND BERTUCCI'S, INC. ANNOUNCE EARLY
         TERMINATION OF THE WAITING PERIOD UNDER THE HART-SCOTT-RODINO
                 ANTITRUST IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1976, AS AMENDED

         Westborough,  MA and  Wakefield,  MA,  June  4,  1998  - NE  Restaurant
Company, Inc. ("NERC") and Bertucci's,  Inc. (NASDAQ: BERT) announced today that
early  termination  was granted on June 2, 1998, of the waiting period under The
Hart-Scott-Rodino  Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, applicable to
the tender offer by NERC's wholly owned subsidiary,  NERC Acquisition Corp., for
all outstanding shares of Common Stock of Bertucci's.

         As previously announced, the tender offer is being made pursuant to the
terms of a Merger Agreement among NERC, NERC Acquisition  Corp., and Bertucci's.
In the merger to occur following consummation of the tender offer, each share of
Bertucci's  common stock which is outstanding and not purchased  pursuant to the
tender offer will be  converted  into the right to receive  $10.50 in cash.  The
offer and withdrawal  rights will expire at 12:00 midnight,  New York City time,
on Wednesday, June 17, 1998, unless the offer is extended.

         Bertucci's, headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, operates a chain
of 87  "Bertucci's  Brick Oven  Pizzerias"  and one "Sal and  Vinnie's  Sicilian
Steakhouse". Bertucci's is a full-service, Italian restaurant featuring original
recipe   gourmet  pizza   prepared  in  brick  ovens  and  other   high-quality,
moderately-priced  Italian foods. The majority of the restaurants are located in
the Northeastern and  Mid-Atlantic  areas with penetration in Chicago,  Atlanta,
and Virginia.

         NERC,  headquartered  in  Westborough,   Massachusetts,   operates  two
distinct  restaurant  concepts:  Chili's  Grill and Bar  ("Chili's")  and On The
Border ("OTB") restaurants.  NERC operates 33 restaurants,  including 31 Chili's
and two  OTB's in five New  England  states.  NERC  develops  and  operates  its
restaurants under franchise agreements with Brinker International, Inc.