I'm beginning to think the freezer should be for storing things up to about a month at most. If you haven't used it in a month then it must be somewhat undesirable compared to the newer stuff.
The other side of the savings from having a freezer or two is the cost of running them. When you subtract the electric bill and armoratize cost of the appliance (they don't last very long these days), those big lot buys don't look quite so good.
It's another story if you hunt, fish, garden, or process livestock. You may have already spent way more than the game, fish, veggies or meat are worth on equipment, feed and supplies.... but it's the principal of the thing. Right?
Oh, but then there's that seed bank thing.... and the hard-to-get brewing supplies.... and