El Pollo Loco deploys VPN service

COSTA MESA, Calif. — MegaPath, a provider of virtual private network (VPN) solutions, announced that El Pollo Loco is deploying MegaPath's Store Connect VPN service.

 

According to a news release, the VPN service will cost-effectively support data communications between El Pollo Loco's restaurants and centralized corporate resources.

 

MegaPath is providing El Pollo Loco with the VPN support and data network connectivity required for several critical processes within its restaurants. In addition to delivering the performance and security for sub-second credit and gift card authorization processing, MegaPath provides near-real-time uploading of store-level transaction data to the central corporate data warehouse. MegaPath said it's allowing headquarters to better support in-store marketing efforts with point-of-sale system downloads for new marketing promotions and price changes.