A gourmet afternoon at the beach, park or pier doesn’t require much planning these days. Nosh shops in the city are happily shouldering the burden, crafting comprehensive reusable picnic baskets or totes from the simple $30 meal for two to all-out feasts, complete with tools to carve cheese and uncork wine for the gallant shelling out the big bucks.

Russ & Daughters
Price: small tote, $4.95; large tote, $9.95, plus the cost of noshes
In staying with the times, the storied 96-year-old appetizer stop on the Lower East Side offers two insulated totes—small or large—filled in advance or at the counter with the snacks that have made Russ’ unique all these years. For $50, co-owner Josh Russ Tupper envisions an afternoon filled with smoked salmon, cured sable and whitefish salad, secret-recipe bagels, a tiny tub of house-whipped flavored cream cheese, seasonal artichoke salad, a hunk of artisanal cheese, two drinks and a few pieces of gourmet chocolate. It’s like reliving an afternoon with the Trillins. (179 E. Houston St., between Eldridge and Orchard Sts., 212-475-4880)

Blue Apron Foods
Price: $6 for the wicker basket, plus the cost of noshes
In the mold of Russ & Daughters, this Park Slope gourmet shop will load a wicker basket for the three-block walk to Prospect Park. Give them a few hours’ notice, arm them with your dietary restrictions, and a staffer will cobble together a picnic from their selection of charcuterie, cold cuts, six kinds of smoked salmon, 250 types of cheeses, drinks, baked desserts, Jacques Torres Chocolate, fresh breads and even caviar. They can’t sell you wine, but tell them what you want and they’ll run across the street and grab the bottle at cost. (814 Union St. between Seventh and Eighth Aves., 718-230-3180)

Murray’s Cheese
Price: $30 for two; up to $180 for eight
New this year, the trusty curdmongers at Murray’s have joined the picnic business, filling wicker hampers with a selection of housemade sandwiches, salads and desserts for groups as small as two and as large as eight with all the requisite throwaway tableware. Give them a 48-hour notice and for $30 two picnicers can share two sandwiches, a salad, trail mix and two desserts picked up at one of Murray’s locations, or delivered for an extra charge anywhere in Manhattan—including the entrance to a park or pier. Drinks are extra, and don’t forget the blanket for the subsequent food coma. (254 Bleecker St., between Sixth and Seventh Aves, 212-243-3289; Grand Central Terminal Market, 43rd St. and Lexington Ave., 212-922-1540)

Stinky Bklyn
Price: $85 and $95
Last year it was Bierkraft, but this year the concierge service All About Brooklyn has teamed up with the owners of Stinky Bklyn and Smith & Vine for a picnic in a canvas bag ($85) or wicker basket ($95) with all frills: acrylic tumblers, melamine plates, stainless-steel cutlery, cotton napkins, restaurant-style corkscrew, wood cutting board, cheese knife. Pick you mood—Italian, French, Spanish, American or vegetarian—and with a 12-hour heads up the Stinky staff will design an afternoon meal with meats, cheeses, spreads, breads and crackers—all complete with wine. For an extra $20, have it delivered to any address in the borough. As if you needed a reason to come to come to Brooklyn. (www.allaboutbrooklyn.com/picnicdayout.htm or 718-859-0229)

Blue Ribbon Bakery Market
Price: $100 and $175
It sounds steep, but the Bromberg brothers promise you plenty of their signature belly-busting treats. Give them a day’s notice, and for $175 four people get two signature khaki-and-blue canvas bags filled with more than 20 housemade treats including loaves of their beloved bread, country pate and pork rillettes, fillets of smoked red trout and sturgeon, three-onion cream, fennel slaw, fresh churned unsalted butter, sweet tea and lemonades, and honey-banana bread. A condensed meal for two is $100 and somehow there is room in the tote for reusable plastic cups, cutlery, napkins and an Opinel pocketknife. (14 Bedford St. between Downing and W. Houston Sts., 212-647-0408)