[mom-from-missouri]

I have an upright freezer in my gameroom beside my extra refrigerator. I get my meat 1/2 hog or 1/3 beef at a time and I know I come out ahead. The newer models dont use nearly as much electric as the old ones did. Just make sure you get the door shut good. I find for me, and upright is easier to keep organized.
Top shelf is veggies,
the door pannel shelves hold my daughters drinks and items for lunch (i reuse juice bottles, fill half way and freeze, then top them off i the mornings as I pack their lunches-also bake muffines one a month and freeze them for their lunches)
2nd shelf is breads from the day old bread store-it freezes well esp if you save your bread wrappers to double wrap them before freezing,
bottom 3 shelves are for meat
keep it full, even if with blocks of ice, for more savings on your electric.
if the power goes out for an extended time on day 2 of no power, add a block of dry ice-it will get you through another 24 hours.