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Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount

The Guardian Australia - World · 22 August 2026 at 3:55 pm

Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount

Supermarket’s website and app go offline as customers save more than $100 on some 24-packs The Coles website and app have gone offline hours after a viral Reddit post highlighting a nearly 80% discount on 24-packs of premixed alcoholic drinks.

For several hours on Saturday, both the Coles website and app displayed a message advising they “we’re currently offline – but not for long”.

The website and app came back online before the website went down again on Saturday afternoon.

It was still offline at 3.30pm AEST on Saturday.

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Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount

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