A tray for picnics and buffets that secures and stabilizes (anchors) tableware items is described that has a planar tray top with crossing inverted T-slots openings that accommodate anchoring slider tabs that present top attachment surfaces adapted for securing and anchoring tableware placed on the tray top at variable positions along the inverted T-slots. The bottom of the describe tray has an integral downturned peripheral rim sized slightly greater than the planar tray tops enabling a number of such trays to be stably stacked and stored.