Wincanton
Wincanton is a small town and also electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town lies off the A303 road, a major course between London and South West England, and 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 acquired a local creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried out milk baby powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as dairy items manufacturing facility had its own exterior sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, supplying gain access to for milk trains. In order to deal with the transportation issues across its quickly broadening creamery, milk bottling as well as front door distribution network, Cow & Gate formed a devoted logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from follower business Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second biggest logistics firm. The firm still has a milk items base in the community, although its head office function relocated to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate sold its remaining milks to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk processing plant in the town, however has sold the cheese business to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best selling brand name in the UK.
