Wincanton
Wincanton is a town as well as selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a major course in between London as well as South West England, and 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 bought a regional creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried milk talcum powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as dairy products manufacturing facility had its very own house sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, providing gain access to for milk trains. In order to manage the transportation troubles throughout its promptly expanding creamery, milk bottling and also front door delivery network, Cow & Gate formed a specialized logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from successor firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second largest logistics firm. The company still has a dairy items base in the community, although its head office function relocated to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate sold its staying dairies to Dairy products Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk handling plant in the community, yet has marketed celebrity company to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate marketing brand name in the UK.
