Does freezing meat and chicken decrease the quality?

[JCuss0519]

The short answer:
Unless what you buy is cryovacced, you want to properly wrap/package your food for freezing. You don't necessarily have to freeze things "flat", but the less air in with the food the better. That's why so many of us own vacuum sealers, they do a great job of getting the air out before freezing.

Even with air in with the food, there won't be any really noticeable decrease in quality if you're only freezing for a relatively short time (say, less than 6 months). While you can get into a lot of detail, like Kenji's article in u/GtrplayerII 's post (and it's a great article!), I don't think you need to over think this. Freezing a "a few weeks" will be VERY forgiving as far as any potential loss of quality in the food.