Bruegger’s Enterprises Leverages MegaPath For Broadband Access and WiFi Service for more than 250 Locations Nationwide

Fully Managed Service Improves Reliability and Performance of Point-of-Sale Reporting and Inventory Polling System

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 20, 2007 – MegaPath, the leading provider of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions and other managed IP services to businesses nationwide, today announced that Bruegger’s Enterprises, a leader in the quick, casual restaurant segment with 250 neighborhood bakery-cafés in 19 states, has standardized on MegaPath to increase the performance and reliability of its restaurant Point-of-Sale (POS) and Polling applications.  Additionally, the company is leveraging the MegaPath network to deliver WiFi access to its customers.

“By standardizing on MegaPath to support all of our Internet access and Wide Area Networking requirements, we are not only increasing the performance for our 250 restaurants and 12 offices, manufacturing and distribution locations, but we have also significantly decreased overhead of supporting all of these locations,” said Chris North,
Director of Information Technology at Bruegger’s Enterprises.  “MegaPath’s fully managed communication services enable us increase the productivity of our employees and the accuracy of our reporting, while reducing support overhead.”

With the improved bandwidth performance and reliability offered by MegaPath, Bruegger’s Enterprises is now able to poll all of its restaurants inventory and sales data every night, significantly increasing the company’s ability to forecast and support the requirements of its bakeries. Because MegaPath has eliminated connection issues, the new system is more reliable, with nearly 100 percent of restaurants reporting every night – up from 95 percent previously, leading to a significant increase in the accuracy of the company’s real-time inventory and sales statistics.  This is also improving the responsiveness of Bruegger’s Enterprises’ supply chain, by enabling the restaurants to submit orders in real time and reducing the lag time between orders and deliveries.

“In today’s real-time marketplace, companies require solutions that can improve their business operations and customer service without increasing the burden to their IT staffs,” said Tony Capers SVP and General Manager of Enterprise Business Markets at MegaPath.  “MegaPath’s complete line of managed IP and security services provide our customers with the ability to implement the latest business applications and streamline operations, while also reducing the IT overhead.  This allows companies, like Bruegger’s Enterprises, to focus on their strategic business goals and customer satisfaction.”

The fully managed MegaPath service is also enabling Bruegger’s Enterprises to deploy a new POS system for real time credit card processing.  By authenticating cards in real time and delivering faster transaction speeds, MegaPath’s always-on connection enables the new system to help eliminate fraud and improve overall customer satisfaction.

About Bruegger’s Enterprises, Inc.
Bruegger’s Enterprises, Inc., an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., is a leader in the quick casual restaurant segment.  Bruegger’s and its GUEST-focused team are dedicated to serving delicious, healthy food that brings guests back again and again.  In approximately 260 neighborhood bakery-cafes in 21 states, Bruegger’s offers a warm, comfortable setting for guests to enjoy a wholesome meal with family and friends.  Famous for authentic boiled and baked bagels, Bruegger’s bakers lend their expertise to crafting a variety of other stone-hearth baked breads, such as Ciabatta and the exclusive Softwich™.  Guests can count on innovative menu items, including fresh-made salads, whole wheat wraps, hearty soups, specialty and deli-made sandwiches, desserts, unique Fair Trade Certified™ coffee blends and original cream cheese flavors.  Founded in 1983, Bruegger’s is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont and supports its neighbors in every community it serves.  For more information, please visit www.brueggers.com.

About MegaPath
MegaPath is the leading provider of managed IP communications services in North America.  MegaPath leverages its wide selection of broadband connectivity, Virtual Private Networks, Voice over IP (VoIP) and security technologies to enable businesses to lower costs, increase security and enhance productivity.  Businesses of all sizes can easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers, and business partners.

To learn more about why over 18,000 companies have chosen MegaPath’s managed IP data, voice and security services to improve their business communications, visit www.megapath.com or call 1-877-MegaPath (634-2728)..