Bertucci’s Holdings, Inc., along with nine subsidiaries and affiliates, has filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Lead Case No. 18-10894).  Bertucci’s, headquartered in Worcester, MA, is a brick oven Italian eatery with fifty-nine (59) locations through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.  According to the First Day Declaration, Bertucci’s enters Chapter 11 intending to immediately reject 29 of its leases and intends to pursue a sale of substantially all of its assets, with Right Lane Dough Acquisition, LLC, as stalking horse purchaser.  Bertucci’s is also seeking approval to borrow up to $4 million in DIP Financing from Right Lane Dough.  Bertucci’s proposed bid procedures seek to have the auction held on May 29, 2018, and the Sale Hearing held on May 30, 2018.  Prime Clerk LLC is the proposed claims and noticing agent.  The cases have been assigned to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath.

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