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 recession in 2007 and started making a loss. For the financial year 2008/9, the company failed to make any profits and turnover dropped to £2.2 million, with an operating loss of £3.3 million, compared to the previous year's operating profit of £57,000. Fortunes improved after the 2009 Waitrose arrangement, and by 2013 annual profits were £2.8 million. Duchy Originals' only venture into manufacturing has been the "Duchy Originals Food" company. This was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Duchy Originals company and it opened a factory in Launceston, Cornwall in 2006. The factory was a bakery making both sweet and