Bacon will last up to 4 days in the refrigerator before it goes bad and spoils.
If you're not gonna eat the bacon within a couple days though it's best to freeze the bacon to keep it from spoiling and keep bacteria off of it.
The freezing temperatures prevents bacteria from thriving on the bacon and any other meat.
I only keep bacon in the refrigerator for 2 days before I consume it so that I can have thawed bacon ready to cook and eat.
The rest of the bacon remains frozen and will last over a year.
Bacon will last for 12 months to 24 months in the freezer and sometimes even longer.
Bacon loses it's freshness in the freezer after around 12 months so if you want the freshest bacon it should be eaten within 6 months.
Bacon keeps a long time though in the freezer.
When frozen bacon will last for a year or more but after a year in the freezer the bacon loses freshness but it's still safe to eat as long as the bacon has remained frozen.
If you keep bacon in the refrigerator the bacon will last for 4 days before it spoils.
If you plan to keep the bacon longer than 4 days you should freeze it and then thaw it out in the refrigerator or the microwave before you cook it.
I will stock up on boxes of bacon and put the boxes of bacon in a freezer in my basement to have when I buy the bacon on sale.
The bacon has kept for 5 years before I used it all up.
The bacon isn't as fresh after the first year but the bacon remains safe to eat as long as it's remained frozen.