Most school cafeteria’s hand out a tray for you to put your food on, though it is sometimes questionable if they are clean or not.

At a fast food restaurant, your food is often brought to you on a tray, since it is easier for the waiter to carry it all with that at their disposal.

There is often a retractable tray on the back of each seat in an airplane, so you can pull it down and put food and drink on it.

The aluminum tray is easy to carry, but it isn’t exactly strong, so it might break if I put too much food on it.

I picked up a tray to carry all of my food on since I could not carry it all in just my hands, but I still had to be careful and balance it.