EXHIBIT 14



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:      NE Restaurant Company, Inc.
              Contact:  Paul Hoagland,
              Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
              Phone:  (508) 870-9200
              Fax:  (508) 870-9201

                  NE RESTAURANT COMPANY OBTAINS COMMITMENT FOR
                   PLACEMENT OF $100 MILLION OF SENIOR NOTES;
              EXTENDS CASH TENDER OFFER FOR BERTUCCI'S COMMON STOCK

    Westborough,  MA,  July 13,  1998 -- NE  Restaurant  Company,  Inc  ("NERC")
announced  today  that it  entered  into an  agreement  for  the  sale to  Chase
Securities Inc. and BancBoston  Securities Inc., as initial purchasers,  of $100
million principal amount of Senior Notes. The sale of the Senior Notes, which is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A and other registration  exemptions under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to institutional  investors, is scheduled to
close on Monday, July 20, 1998.

    The net proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes are to be used to finance
a portion of the purchase price payable in the tender offer for all  outstanding
shares of Common Stock of Bertucci's,  Inc.  (NASDAQ:  BERT) at $10.50 per share
commenced  on  May  20,  1998  through  NERC's  wholly-owned  subsidiary,   NERC
Acquisition  Corp.  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.

    NERC noted that the principal amount of the Senior Notes being sold had been
increased to $100 million from the $90 million  principal  amount  stated in the
Offer to Purchase,  dated May 20, 1998. As a result, it is now expected that the
private  placement  of shares of NERC Common Stock to finance the balance of the
funds required to purchase Shares  tendered in the tender offer,  consummate the
merger,  refinance  certain existing  indebtedness of Bertucci's and NERC and to
pay all related fees and expenses of the  transaction,  will be reduced to $28.8
million from the $38.8 million stated in the Offer to Purchase.