type organic produce owner waitrose country united kingdom introduced 2015 markets grocery previous owners duchy originals tagline good food good farming good causes website waitrose duchy organic waitrose duchy organic 1 formerly duchy originals from waitrose and earlier simply duchy originals is a brand of organic food sold mainly in waitrose stores in the united kingdom and small independent stores . 2 the brand is a partnership between waitrose and the duchy originals company a company set up by charles prince of wales in 1990 and named after the duchy of cornwall estates that are held in trust by the prince of wales . contents 1 history 2 the brands 3 financial information 4 the duchy originals food company 5 herbal medicines 6 mineral water 7 garden tools 8 charitable giving 9 the duchy future farming programme 10 references 11 further reading history edit the first product of the duchy originals brand oaten biscuits were grown on the prince of wales highgrove house estate . during the 1990s duchy originals products were mostly stocked in farm shops and independent delicatessens . 3 expansion during the 2000s saw a selected range of duchy originals products becoming widely available in most major uk supermarkets . however waitrose was the brand s largest customer and in september 2009 it was announced that duchy originals had agreed an exclusive deal with the supermarket . from august 2010 products were relaunched under the duchy originals from waitrose brand and the then range of around 200 lines has been expanded to over 300 . 1 since then waitrose has the exclusive licence to originate manufacture distribute and sell duchy products within the uk through its stores as well as via third parties . 4 the tradition of donating royalties to charity has continued and the prince of wales has continued his involvement with the brand . 5 6 7 by 2013 the brand was selling in 30 countries including australia and japan . 3 8 9 in the summer of 2015 the brand name was changed to waitrose duchy organic . 1 the brands edit 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 selections 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 . 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 . financial information edit by the end of the 1990s the brand had an annual turnover of around 1 million . 3 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 . 10 the company was badly hit by the recession in 2007 and started making a loss . 3 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 . 11 fortunes improved after the 2009 waitrose arrangement and by 2013 annual profits were 2.8 million . 3 the duchy originals food company edit 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 savoury pastry products . the venture suffered financial problems with the factory making a loss of 447 158 in the financial year 2006 7 . 12 in 2009 the duchy originals company decided to sell the bakery with one off costs from the sale contributing towards duchy originals making a loss for 2009 10 . 13 herbal medicines edit in 2008 duchy originals partnered with the alternative medicine company nelsons to produce a line of herbal remedies . 14 this led to controversy in which leading uk scientists said that duchy originals promoted its herbal remedies with scientifically unsound claims . edzard ernst the uk s first professor of complementary medicine said duchy originals detox products were outright quackery . 15 subsequently the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency ruled that healing claims were misleading and required the company to amend an advertising campaign promoting two herbal medicines . 16 mineral water edit the deeside water company produces some of its bottled mineral water which originates from a spring on the edge of the balmoral castle estate 17 for the duchy originals brand . 18 in 2010 waitrose began to brand the product as duchy originals from waitrose 19 and in 2016 the supermarket repackaged it as part of its waitrose one premium range . garden tools edit gardening tools were produced under the duchy originals brand by the lancashire company caldwells until it went into administration in 2009 . 20 charitable giving edit the company duchy originals ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of the prince s charities foundation and donates to the charity from its profits . by 2013 the brand had raised 11 million from its profits for the prince s charities . 3 in the same year profits from waitrose sales gave the prince s charities 2.8 million 5 increasing to 3 million in 2014 . 4 in canada the proceeds from sales of duchy originals products are donated to the charities associated with the prince s charities canada . by 2012 more than one million canadian dollars were being raised annually in this manner . 21 the duchy future farming programme edit the duchy future farming programme was set up in 2013 in partnership with the soil association to provide advice and support to uk farmers and growers in conducting research into organic farming methods . participants are encouraged to carry out experiments in their own fields and over 3000 farmers had been involved in this by 2015 . a research fund offering up to 25 000 is also available . 1 22 references edit a b c d waitrose duchy organic . www.waitrose.com . waitrose . retrieved 19 july 2015 . waitrose duchy organic is our flagship organic brand duchy originals where to buy . duchy originals . archived from the original on 19 august 2010 . retrieved 2010 08 05 . a b c d e f why prince charles s duchy originals takes the biscuit . the daily telegraph . 12 november 2013 . retrieved 20 march 2015 . a b bridge sarah 10 january 2015 . duchy originals contributes 3m to the prince of wales s charitable foundation . this is money . uk . retrieved 19 july 2015 . a b english rebecca 3 january 2013 . waitrose gives 2.8 m to prince s charities record sales of duchy originals fund bumper contribution . mail online . retrieved 17 july 2015 . charities to benefit as duchy originals joins forces with waitrose . duchy originals . 2009 09 09 . archived from the original on 27 february 2010 . retrieved 2010 03 23 . duchy originals has joined forces with waitrose . waitrose . 2009 09 09 . archived from the original on 14 september 2009 . retrieved 2010 03 23 . praise for the prince of wales for spearheading a food revolution . the telegraph . 11 september 2013 . retrieved 23 july 2015 . 21 years of duchy originals . princeofwales.gov.uk . retrieved 23 july 2015 . duchy originals ltd accounts 2006 7 . . archived from the original on 29 june 2008 . harry wallop 2010 02 10 . telegraph.co.uk prince of wales s duchy originals slumps to loss . daily telegraph . retrieved 2010 08 09 . duchy originals foods ltd accounts 2006 7 . . archived from the original on 29 june 2008 . dean best 2010 02 11 . just food uk duchy originals reports loss as sales slump . aroq ltd. retrieved 2010 03 31 . prince charles duchy originals food firm launches herbal remedy range . daily mail . uk . 16 december 2008 . retrieved 20 july 2015 . prince charles detox quackery bbc news 10 march 2009 jones aidan 21 march 2009 . prince s firm told to amend ads . the guardian . retrieved 17 july 2015 . macrae fiona 15 january 2009 . the spring water that really could hold back the hands of time according to scientists . daily mail online . retrieved 23 november 2015 . duchy originals royal deeside mineral water . www.deesidewater.co.uk . retrieved 23 november 2015 . duchy originals from waitrose new range features new products from scotland . pagoda pr . 26 august 2010 . retrieved 15 june 2016 . levy geoffrey ; kay richard 3 august 2009 . too expensive unpopular out of touch with modern britain ... and that s just prince charles s biscuits . mail online . uk . retrieved 19 july 2015 . duchy originals products in canada . the prince s charities canada . 22 november 2012 . retrieved 22 november 2012 . duchy originals future farming programme . www.ecologicalland.coop . ecological land co operative . retrieved 20 july 2015 . further reading edit acton johnny & sandler nick 2006 duchy originals cookbook . london kyle cathie isbn 1 85626 653 2 v t e charles prince of wales titles prince of wales and earl of chester duke of cornwall duke of rothesay earl of carrick baron of renfrew lord of the isles prince and great steward of scotland more ancestry house of schleswig holstein sonderburg gl cksburg mountbatten windsor family diana princess of wales first wife prince william duke of cambridge elder son prince harry younger son camilla duchess of cornwall second wife prince george of cambridge grandson princess charlotte of cambridge granddaughter prince philip duke of edinburgh father elizabeth ii mother anne princess royal sister prince andrew duke of york brother prince edward earl of wessex brother extended family prince andrew of greece and denmark paternal grandfather princess alice of battenberg paternal grandmother george vi maternal grandfather lady elizabeth bowes lyon maternal grandmother princess margarita of greece and denmark paternal aunt theodora margravine of baden paternal aunt cecilie hereditary grand duchess of hesse paternal aunt sophie princess george william of hanover paternal aunt princess margaret countess of snowdon maternal aunt life events investiture of the prince of wales first wedding guest list second wedding charities and campaigns the prince s trust mutton renaissance campaign the prince s charities the prince s charities canada the prince s charities australia residences clarence house official highgrove house family birkhall llwynywermod awards given and created prince of wales prize for municipal heritage leadership list of environmental social interest awards received the sun military awards miscellaneous bibliography black spider memos coronet duchy home farm duchy originals from waitrose dumfries house poundbury the prince s may day network prince charles island prince charles stream tree frog the prince of wales s charitable foundation commons wikiquote retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title waitrose duchy organic & oldid 738637740 categories british monarchybrand name biscuits british style charles prince of walesfood manufacturers of the united kingdomjohn lewis partnershiporganic farming in the united kingdomorganic foodwaitrosehidden categories use dmy dates from october 2013use british english from october 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as