Wincanton
Wincanton is a town and electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town exists off the A303 road, a major path in between London and South West England, and also has some light market. The town as well as selecting ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company bought a local creamery. In 1908, after developing a dried out milk baby powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as dairy items factory had its very own house sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, providing gain access to for milk trains. In order to cope with the transport troubles across its promptly broadening creamery, milk bottling and front door shipment network, Cow & Gate formed a committed logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor business Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second biggest logistics firm. The business still has a milk items base in the community, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its continuing to be dairies products to Milk Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk handling plant in the community, yet has actually marketed celebrity business to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand in the UK.
