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A cheesy change
> 'Tessellation' starts Thursday at Subway, avoiding gaps and overlaps
> By Jonathon Berlin, Tribune reporter
>
> 8:39 PM CDT, June 29, 2010
>
> To the geometrically inclined, the term is "tessellating" -
> positioning shapes in a pattern without overlap and with no gaps. >
> In this case, we're referring to the placement of triangular cheese
> slices on Subway sandwiches. Instead of being positioned end to end
> with overlap, starting Thursday the cheese points will alternate
> facing up and down along your sandwich.
>
> Franchisees were notified of the change about a month ago, said Kevin
> Kane, Subway public relations manager, with some opting to make the
> change early. But come Thursday, tessellating cheese will be the
> order of the day at all of Subway's 33,000 franchises. Videos and
> tip sheets have been sent instructing sandwich artists on the new > method.
>
> "The reason for the placement change is to provide greater cheese
> coverage on each sandwich by not overlapping the cheese," Kane said.
> "This provides more cheese per bite."
>
> And, no, the idea did not come from the 2007 suggestion at
> lefthandedtoons.com or from the spirited online campaign that
> followed, Kane says. Tessellation is a product of Subway's R&D
> team, which Kane says is constantly looking for ways to improve
> the company's sandwiches. Like in 2001, when Subway changed the
> way it slices its bread.
>
> And, no, this is not about saving a little dough on cheese. Kane
> says the same amount of cheese will remain on each sandwich.
I haven't eaten anything from a Subway in about 6 years and I doubt if I ever will again (too much saturated fat content) so I don't know if they had Tessellation Thursday today in the UK as well.
It would be interesting to know what patterns they recommend if the sandwich has more than one kind of cheese. Flying geese? Half square triangles? Stack and whack?
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