When you dine in a restaurant, if you have a significant amount of food leftover, will you ask for it to be wrapped to take, or will you leave it?

NY Times has an article today about how there is a shift away from people taking home a “doggie bag.” Restaurant owners are saying a lot of food is being thrown out. They list the reasons for this trend:
“social stigmas, the ease of ordering takeout and a return to sharing food after the pandemic made doing so taboo.”

I will almost always take food home from a restaurant meal, unless the amount of food left is relatively insignificant, or unless I didn’t like what I ate. I will usually take the food home and often not eat it, or eat just some of it and end up throwing the rest away.

I have right now a pork chops and veggies from dinner last night, at an Italian restaurant. This was particularly good and I am eager to eat it.