Wincanton
Wincanton is a small town and also selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a main route in between London and South West England, and has some light industry. The community and electoral ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company acquired a regional creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried milk talcum powder, it transformed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as dairy products manufacturing facility had its very own house sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, supplying accessibility for milk trains. In order to handle the transportation issues throughout its swiftly increasing creamery, milk bottling and front door delivery network, Cow & Gate created a specialized logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from follower company Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second biggest logistics business. The company still has a dairy products base in the town, although its head office function relocated to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its continuing to be dairies to Milk Crest, which still has a creamery and milk handling plant in the community, yet has offered celebrity business to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand name in the UK.