Tray for retaining food items during transportation

1. A tray, which comprises:

a lower deck having a base and a side wall extending about and upward from a perimeter of said base; and

an upper deck which includes a plurality of apertures spatially positioned across said upper deck and which communicate with a top surface of said upper deck and extend separately downwardly out from said upper deck a predetermined length providing a continuous open area around and between said apertures, said apertures are a length approximate a length of said side wall of said lower deck, said upper deck and apertures configured to fit within said lower deck and removably disposed thereon and in a manner to readily permit removal from said lower deck in an unrestricted vertical manner relative to a horizontal plane of said lower deck; and

a plurality of pegs, each peg configured with a lower portion and an upper portion, where a lower part of said lower portion is friction fit within at least one of said apertures to be retained therein and a part of said upper portion is of a larger diameter than said one aperture and a majority of the length each peg extends above said aperture when said lower part is fit within said aperture.

2. The tray of claim 1 , wherein said apertures extend through said upper deck to permit fluid communication from a top of said upper deck to said lower deck.

3. The tray of claim 1 , wherein said lower deck having at least one handle extending laterally outward from said side wall.

4. The tray of claim 3 , wherein said upper deck has a pair of opposing handles to enable easy removal from said lower deck.

5. The tray of claim 1 , wherein said upper deck is configured such that with said apertures therein provides a sufficient distance between a top surface of said upper deck and said lower deck to enable to heat to dissipate therebetween.

6. The tray of claim 1 , wherein said upper deck has a top surface for supporting a dish therein wherein said pegs can be positioned within said apertures to retain said dish in a manner to prevent lateral movement thereof.

7. The tray of claim 6 , wherein said top surface includes an anti-slip surface.

8. The tray of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of said lower deck has an anti-slip surface.

9. The tray of claim 1 , wherein said lower deck has a pair of handles extending from said side wall.

10. The tray of claim 1 , wherein said apertures are oriented in at least three equally spaced diagonal rows and wherein said rows substantially span a top surface of said upper deck to provide said apertures adjacent and about a food container, wherein each peg is removably disposed one said aperture about the food container and wherein said pegs cooperate with each other in a manner to prevent the food container from moving laterally on said base support surface, and said upper portion being configured with a plurality of enlarged cross sections which can extend over to retain against a top side of the food container.