Wincanton
Wincanton is a village and also selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a primary path between London as well as South West England, and has some light industry. The community as well as 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 establishing a dried out milk baby powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as milk products factory had its own home sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, offering gain access to for milk trains. In order to deal with the transportation issues throughout its rapidly increasing creamery, milk bottling as well as front door distribution network, Cow & Gate developed a dedicated logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from follower company Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd largest logistics firm. The business still has a dairy items base in the community, although its head office function relocated to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its remaining dairies to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and milk handling plant in the community, yet has marketed celebrity company to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate marketing brand name in the UK.
