Wincanton is a village and selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a primary route between London and also South West England, and has some light market. The community and electoral ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company bought a neighborhood creamery. In 1908, after establishing a dried milk talcum powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and also milk products factory had its very own home sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, supplying accessibility for milk trains. In order to handle the transport issues throughout its swiftly broadening creamery, milk bottling as well as front door distribution network, Cow & Gate created a committed logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second largest logistics company. The firm still has a dairy products base in the town, although its head office function relocated to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate sold its continuing to be dairies to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk handling plant in the community, but has actually sold the cheese company to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand name in the UK.
