Wincanton
Wincanton is a town and also selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town lies off the A303 road, a primary path in between London as well as South West England, as well as has some light industry. The town and also electoral 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 milk baby powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and also milk products manufacturing facility had its very own exterior sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, supplying accessibility for milk trains. In order to manage the transportation issues throughout its promptly increasing creamery, milk bottling and front door distribution network, Cow & Gate developed a dedicated logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor business Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd largest logistics firm. The company still has a dairy items base in the town, although its head office function transferred to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate offered its continuing to be dairies products to Milk Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk handling plant in the town, but has actually sold celebrity service to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best selling brand name in the UK.
