Those worthless money saving devices called a freezer

Are freezers really the money saving devices you believe them to be?
They are long lasting appliances that come in a couple of styles, upright, chest or a section of the refrigerator. You shop for those bargains from the supermarket, and store them away for another day.

A few months later, you root around the freezer like a possum on a garbage bag looking for that cut of meat, you know, just has to be there somewhere. Along the way, you find a few bargains that really need to be disposed of.

Just how long can you keep a bargain buy? Between hydro bills and disposal that good buy just may be costing you more than the trip to buy fresh ingredients.

A suggestion that we find helpful since there is only two of us.
We break most all meat purchases down into individual units. For instance a package 6 chicken breasts, would get laid onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and froze overnight. The frozen meat will be packaged into freezer bags, that have been identified and dated. Pre-freezing prevents sticking together. No more thawing out a package of six or more units for a two unit meal.