Wincanton
Wincanton is a village as well as electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town exists off the A303 road, a major course in between London and South West England, and also has some light market. The community and also electoral ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company bought a regional creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried milk baby powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and milk items manufacturing facility had its own house sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, offering access for milk trains. In order to manage the transportation issues throughout its rapidly increasing creamery, milk bottling as well as front door distribution network, Cow & Gate created a committed logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from follower firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second biggest logistics firm. The company still has a dairy products base in the community, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate offered its continuing to be milks to Milk Crest, which still has a creamery and also milk processing plant in the community, however has actually marketed the cheese company to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second-rate selling brand in the UK.
