Wincanton
Wincanton is a village and also selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town lies off the A303 road, a main course in between London and also South West England, and has some light sector. The town and selecting 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 altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and milk items manufacturing facility had its very own exterior sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, giving access for milk trains. In order to handle the transportation problems throughout its swiftly increasing creamery, milk bottling and also doorstep distribution network, Cow & Gate developed a committed logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from follower company Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd largest logistics firm. The business still has a dairy products base in the community, although its head office function transferred to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate offered its staying milks to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery as well as milk handling plant in the community, yet has marketed the cheese service to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand in the UK.