Selection box

In more modern times the selection box as we know it has become a staple Christmas gift of chocolate.

Each chocolate company produces these at Christmas time and they are often filling the spaces near supermarket checkouts.

Children expectantly received a selection box each year and regarded them as a main Christmas gift.

Hand picking is expensive, but early automated systems lacked flexibility; the layout or contents of a box could not be changed without making alterations to the machinery.

[5] The foil wrapping of many selection box chocolates is a problem for the conventional metal detectors used in food factories to ensure that no loose machinery parts have accidentally found their way into the product.