Wincanton
Wincanton is a small town as well as electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a main route in between London and South West England, and also has some light industry. The town and selecting ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company bought a neighborhood creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried out milk baby powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and dairy products manufacturing facility had its own home sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, offering gain access to for milk trains. In order to handle the transport problems throughout its promptly broadening creamery, milk bottling and also front door delivery network, Cow & Gate developed a dedicated logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from follower business Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second largest logistics company. The company still has a dairy items base in the community, although its head office function transferred to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its staying milks to Milk Crest, which still has a creamery and milk processing plant in the town, yet has marketed the cheese company to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate selling brand in the UK.
