Wincanton
Wincanton is a small town and electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a major course in between London and also South West England, and also has some light sector. The community and also electoral 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 talcum powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as milk items manufacturing facility had its very own sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, giving gain access to for milk trains. In order to deal with the transport troubles across its swiftly expanding creamery, milk bottling as well as doorstep shipment network, Cow & Gate created a specialized logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from successor company Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd largest logistics firm. The business still has a dairy products base in the town, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its continuing to be milks to Dairy products Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk handling plant in the community, however has offered the cheese business to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate selling brand name in the UK.
