Originally Posted by QuiltE

As already said by others .... let the freezer be your friend!

Here's a tip for "at-home-flash-frozen" style ...
I never have the luxury of flat freezer space to use cookie sheets, etc.
Put the fruit in ziplock bags (the bigger the bag the better)
Then put semi-flat in freezer til frozen.
Can stack them and find lots of places for them.

Yes it takes a bunch of bags, but I know my berries will stay put in the freezer until I am ready to consolidate them in to full bags, once frozen.

Works not only for fruit ... but also great for pasta, rice, shredded cheese, etc.
Anything that you want to keep separated when frozen.