According to the Waitrose website, which lists over 200 products, bananas are the third best selling Waitrose Duchy Organic product
Duchy Originals – now known as Waitrose Duchy Organic – is an organic food brand set up by Prince Charles in 1990, and is a separate entity to the Duchy of Cornwall.
It is the UK’s largest own-label organic food and drink brand, and sales from it provide a donation to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund, supporting social and environmental causes across the UK.
In 2018, the prince’s charitable foundation earned £3.2million from his Duchy Originals line of organic groceries.
The earnings came from royalties paid by Waitrose for exclusive rights to the Duchy Originals brand, which began when the Prince of Wales started selling oat biscuits made from wheat and oat grown on his Highgrove estate in Gloucester 30 years ago.
The supermarket now sells over £200 million a year of approximately 300 Waitrose Duchy Organise products. These include fruit, vegetables, biscuits and meat including lamb and salmon.
Despite Charles being an avid supporter of home-grown produce, some of the range is imported by the supermarket from abroad.
The groceries come from as far afield as New Zealand and include everything from carrots and potatoes to apples and parsnips.
Waitrose Duchy Organic range has grown to become the UK’s largest own-label organic food and drink brand with 24% of the current UK market share
According to the Waitrose website, which lists over 200 products, bananas are the third best selling Waitrose Duchy Organic product, which are sold in a compostable bag and originate from the Dominican Republic and Peru.
Duchy Organic berries, including blueberries, are another top selling Waitrose Duchy Organic product.
Waitrose Duchy Organic range has grown to become the UK’s largest own-label organic food and drink brand with 24% of the current UK market share.
Waitrose has held the exclusive Duchy Originals licensing agreement since 2009. Sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic products provide a donation to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund with over £23.5 million raised for good causes over the past decade alone.
The current range of Waitrose Duchy Organic has grown to over 380 products, from bacon to fresh fruit and vegetables to beer.
The brand is also popular overseas with products exported to over 30 countries worldwide.
All Waitrose Duchy Organic packaging will be widely-recycled, reusable or home compostable by 2023.
Duchy Organic berries, including blueberries, are another top selling Waitrose Duchy Organic product
WHERE DO THE DUCHY ORIGINALS PRODUCTS COME FROM?
Waitrose Duchy Organic carrots
Origin: France, Germany, Israel, Italy (incl Vatican City), Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.), United Kingdom
Waitrose Duchy Organic Gala apples
Origin: Argentina, Italy (incl Vatican City), New Zealand (incl Chatham Island), United Kingdom, USA
Waitrose Duchy Organic cherry vine tomatoes
Origin: United Kingdom, Portugal (incl Azores & Madeira)
Waitrose Duchy Organic pears
Origin: Argentina, Italy (incl Vatican City), New Zealand (incl Chatham Island), United Kingdom
Waitrose Duchy Organic cherry vine tomatoes
Origin: United Kingdom, Portugal (incl Azores & Madeira)
Waitrose Duchy Organic celery
Origin: Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.), United Kingdom, USA
Waitrose Duchy Organic sweet potatoes
Origin: Egypt, Israel, USA
Waitrose Duchy Organic garlic
Origin: Argentina, Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.)
Waitrose Duchy Organic ridge cucumber
Origin: Belgium, Egypt, Israel, Italy (incl Vatican City), Morocco, Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.), United Kingdom
Waitrose Duchy Organic onions
Origin: United Kingdom, Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.), New Zealand (incl Chatham Island), Holland, Germany, Egypt, Chile, Austria, Argentina
Waitrose Duchy Organic courgettes
Origin: Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.), Morocco, United Kingdom
Waitrose Duchy Organic red cabbage
Origin: Italy (incl Vatican City), Spain (incl Canary & Balearic Is.), United Kingdom
Waitrose Duchy Organic parsnips
Origin: Israel, Spain(incl Canary & Balearic Is.), United Kingdom.