Regardless of how you feel about Subway's sandwiches or the potent disinfectant smell wafting from every branch, lovers of geometry and sandwich structure (like, say, us and Radiolab's Robert Krulwich) can only hail the cheese promise carried by the images above.

The copy of this apparent Subway newsletter isn't good, but you'll notice the "New Procedure" sandwich on the left has even, non-overlapping cheese coverage, allowing consistent cheese exposure at all mouth entry points. Those unfortunate enough to bite into a "Current Procedure" sandwich will have unacceptably varied cheese contact. If this is real, July 1 may one day be known as a day of sandwich liberation. (What does this say about Subway's thoughts about Canada? Unsure.) For this, you can thank a dogged campaign.

It began with a widely-shared cartoon depicting the horrors of Subway's cheese-stacking technique. It prescribed the superior method of tessellation (yes, I had to look it up), something easily done with the triangular cheese standard at Subway.

Years went by, with no change to Subway's depraved cheese policy. But now, photos have surfaced of what appears to be an internal bulletin to franchises in Australia and New Zealand. Sandwich activist Drew hails the apparent win:

Well fought and well said, brother. Subway hasn't authenticated the image, and it's not clear whether enlightened sandwich geometry will break the bounds of Australia/New Zealand. We can only hope. Sporkful fans are invited to investigate and report back in the comments.

Meantime, in addition to the sandwich episode we did with Krulwich, do check out our episode on burger toppings, where Dan makes a passionate plea to place cheese on the bottom. And speaking of cheese, we spoke in detail about sandwichizing it in our very first episode on grilled cheese. /mark

[Via Sporkful fan Adam via Consumerist]