Wincanton
Wincanton is a small town and selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town exists off the A303 road, a primary path in between London and South West England, and also has some light industry. The community and electoral 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 milk baby powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and also 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 manage the transport troubles throughout its rapidly broadening creamery, milk bottling and also doorstep shipment network, Cow & Gate formed a dedicated logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor business Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd biggest logistics business. The business still has a dairy products base in the community, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its remaining dairies products to Dairy products Crest, which still has a creamery as well as milk processing plant in the community, however has offered celebrity business to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate selling brand name in the UK.
