We have a large chest freezer, which allows us to buy meat and other frozen foods in bulk to save money (even a 1/4 cow once a year!). However, it’s easy to lose things in the bottom of that freezer. We keep a list of everything in the freezer, and cross items off the list when it is removed and cooked. We add to the list when something new goes into the freezer. My husband also keeps the inside of the freezer organized so we can find the items we need quickly. If we don’t know what’s in the freezer, it doesn’t get used and ends up in the trash – no cost savings there!
Teri
I did the same thing, only I laminated it with heading like Beef, Chicken, Veggies, Sausage. I also used milk crates to make the stuff on the bottom easier to get to. I could stack 8 crates in mine.
A friend of mine uses different colored reuseable cloth bags with handles, to hold her things in. Green for vegies,blue or ice cream brown for beef,etc. She also keeps a list which is color coded to match the bags. She uses milk crates (2 layers) to slide around so she can see bottom , so she has no wasted space at the bottom of her freezer. She places the handled bags inside the crates, nothing gets lost in the bottom, the handles make it easy to lift the frozen items out. Me! I’ll stick with my upright lol but she sure gets alot of things in there for sure.
what a wonderful idea. I am new to stock piling freezer items.
Our freezer is in our basement garage and we’ve tried a variety of inventory systems without success but the latest is working pretty well. I made a list in Google docs and shared it with my husband. It’s in a spreadsheet so it’s easy to sort by name, date into freezer and/or expiration date to find out what’s oldest. We can easily update it from the computer or our phones. We usually work on our meal plan while we are waiting on our kids somewhere so it’s handy to have the list with us.