Bottle shop workers used a pallet of beer to barricade three would-be thieves in their cool room on Friday night.

CCTV shows three men walking into a Bennett Springs drive thru bottle shop just after 8pm, making a beeline for the cool room.

But staff recognised them and blocked their way out, phoning police once the trio was trapped inside.

The men started to panic and, looking for a way out, charged at the door.

Eventually they were able to knock the door off its hinges, pushing it out of their way.

They started throwing bottles and cartons of beer at staff before leaving with nothing.

Thirsty Camel general manager Niall Burke said staff were “fighting back at the bully.”

“Staff are all high fiving each other and saying well done ... they didn't get away with anything ... they ran out of here scared.

“It's normally when they leave the staff are left scared.”

The store’s owners told 7NEWS they were at ‘breaking point.’

Friday’s attempted robbery is the third in the past five weeks with Mr Burke saying thieves took $700 to $1000 worth of goods each time.

The latest lot of would-be robbers smashed between 10 or 20 cartons trying to get out of the room and the store will have to absorb the cost.