Wincanton is a village as well as electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a main path between London as well as South West England, and also has some light industry. The town and also 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 developing a dried milk talcum powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as dairy products factory had its very own exterior sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, providing access for milk trains. In order to deal with the transport problems throughout its swiftly increasing creamery, milk bottling and doorstep shipment network, Cow & Gate formed a devoted logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from successor firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd biggest logistics business. The business still has a milk products base in the town, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate offered its staying milks to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk processing plant in the town, yet has marketed the cheese business to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate selling brand in the UK.