See more on this at Lily O'Brien's Ireland.

Corporate gifting has a low ceiling for effort and a high one for judgement. Send nothing and you look indifferent. Send the wrong thing and you look like you did not think about it. Chocolate sits in the safe middle, provided you match the format to the recipient.

Presentation matters less for this recipient than for most, but a clean, uncluttered box still reads better than fussy wrapping he will only bin. The chocolate is the gift; the packaging just needs to get it there in good order.

See more on this at individually wrapped chocolates.

A word of care on this occasion above others. Questions about ingredients and Lily O'Brien's Ireland dietary suitability come up often around new families, so point people to the published product information rather than offering assurances yourself. It is the honest and accurate way to handle it, and it matters more here than most places.

A personalised touch suits the occasion well. A message marking the years of service, or simply the leaver's name, turns the hamper into a keepsake of the day rather than a generic box. Keep any message warm and brief, allow lead time for the personalisation, and order earlier still if the retirement falls near Christmas.

For staff, share bags do a different job. They spread across a team, they suit a break room, and they let you thank a group without ranking anyone. Ordered in volume, they keep the per-head cost sensible while still feeling like a genuine gesture rather than a token.