Wincanton
Wincanton is a small town and selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town exists off the A303 road, a major route in between London and South West England, as well as has some light market. The community and also selecting ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company purchased a local creamery. In 1908, after developing a dried out milk baby powder, it transformed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and also milk products manufacturing facility had its own sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, giving gain access to for milk trains. In order to cope with the transport issues throughout its promptly expanding creamery, milk bottling as well as doorstep delivery network, Cow & Gate created a devoted logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor company Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second largest logistics firm. The firm still has a dairy products base in the town, although its head office function transferred to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its continuing to be milks to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and milk processing plant in the community, but has sold the cheese organisation to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best selling brand name in the UK.
