Waitrose Duchy Organic originate, manufacture, distribute and sell Duchy products within the UK through its stores as well as via third parties. The tradition of donating royalties to charity has continued and the Prince of Wales has continued his involvement with the brand. The company Duchy Originals originated the "Duchy Originals" brand in 1990 as a premium organic food and drink brand. It also created two other brands, "Duchy Selection"s and "Duchy Collections". "Duchy Selections" was a range of premium free-range (but not organic) pork and fish products and mineral waters, and "Duchy Collections" was a range of high quality non food products.
Waitrose Duchy Organic The Duchy Originals company has never sold the goods that carry the brand names, and other than the short-lived "Duchy Originals Food" company venture it has not manufactured them. Instead Duchy branded products have been sold and manufactured by a number of different retail companies, all of whom have paid royalties to the Duchy Originals Company. By the end of the 1990s the brand had an annual turnover of around £1 million. This had grown to £4.86 million by 2006/7. Administrative expenses came to £3.31 million, giving an operating profit of £1.53 million. The company was badly hit by the