Last Chance For Strawberries/ Frugal Frozen Fruit

If you picked up a bunch of strawberries at Meijer (they were 10 for $10, get the 11th free), you might be interested in this post.  I am planning to stock up and fill the freezer.  Here's how I do it:

Wash and rinse the berries

Next, cut off the stems

  

Let dry for a about 30 minutes

Put into a freezer safe bag and place in freezer

This is obviously not rocket science, but I have figured out that the drying part is very important.  I didn't do this the first time and they all ended up stuck together in one giant strawberry ice cube.  That was a frugal failure -- not my first, or my last.  A couple of other notes:

•  Nothing is more aggravating than finding a good deal, only to discover that the store is out of the product.  Fear not, Meijer will give a rain check, all you have to do is ask at the customer service desk OR, you can always take the add over to Walmart and they will ad match.
• You can reuse the plastic bags that you put the berries are in.  Once they become empty, I just shove them in the shelf of the freezer until they are needed again. 
• Some may argue this is not worth the time.  I timed myself and minus drying time (because you can be doing other things) the whole process was less than 15 minutes.  If you figure that frozen strawberries are regularly about $3 per pound, this is a 45% savings.
• The more packages you do at a time, the more you can maximize your savings because of your efficiency.