Wincanton is a small town as well as electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town exists off the A303 road, a major route in between London as well as South West England, and has some light market. The town and electoral ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company purchased a regional creamery. In 1908, after developing a dried milk baby powder, it transformed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and also dairy 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 manage the transport issues across its promptly broadening creamery, milk bottling and doorstep delivery network, Cow & Gate developed a committed logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second biggest logistics firm. The business still has a dairy items base in the community, although its head office function transferred to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate sold its remaining milks to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk handling plant in the community, yet has sold celebrity business to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate selling brand in the UK.