{"key":"862abf92ff","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n9328343918","category":"Groceries","subcategory":"Convenience Store","community":"Burnaby","lat":49.2668787,"lon":-123.0024839,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Express News","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Express News Convenience is a BC-born convenience store franchise founded in 1998, now operating 30+ locations across British Columbia. This Burnaby location sits at unit P25-04 on Lougheed Highway — the compact store format (typically 200–1,500 sq ft) is intentionally placed in high-traffic hubs like SkyTrain stations and malls for quick, in-and-out stops. Cyclists can expect grab-and-go essentials: cold drinks, fresh bean-to-cup coffee, snacks, sandwiches, pastries, and lottery tickets.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.expressnewsconvenience.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"4501 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, V5C 0B3","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-604-291-8208","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"info@expressnewsconvenience.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"3 racks within 100m: stands (32 spaces, covered) at 30m; rack (6 spaces) at 40m; stands (22 spaces, covered) at 89m. Total: 60 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:city":"Burnaby","addr:housenumber":"4501","addr:postcode":"V5C 0B3","addr:province":"BC","addr:street":"Lougheed Highway","addr:unit":"P25-04","check_date":"2025-09-20","level":"0","name":"Express News","opening_hours":"Mo-Fr 07:00-22:00; Sa,Su 08:00-22:00","payment:credit_cards":"yes","payment:debit_cards":"yes","phone":"+1-604-291-8208","shop":"convenience","survey:date":"2021-12-10","website":"https://www.expressnewsconvenience.ca/","wheelchair":"yes"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms Express News Convenience is a real, active BC-born franchise with 30+ locations, founded in 1998, offering snacks, cold drinks, fresh bean-to-cup coffee, sandwiches/pastries, lottery, and parcel pick-up at select locations. The website is a corporate/franchise site and does not individually list or confirm this specific Burnaby store's phone or address; the store locator page appears JavaScript-driven and returned no location listings. No mention of bike parking, water bottle refill, washrooms, or cycling-specific amenities anywhere on the website.","concerns":["The store-specific phone (+1-604-291-8208 from OSM) is not listed or confirmed by the corporate website, which only provides a head office number (+1 604-931-1661 in Coquitlam).","The store locator subpage appears JavaScript-driven and returned no individual store listings, so this specific Burnaby location's address and details could not be independently confirmed from the website.","Unit designation 'P25-04' and 'level: 0' suggest the store is inside a mall or transit hub; access by bike may depend on facility-level infrastructure not reflected in OSM or the website."],"recommended_status_reason":"A real, active convenience store franchise with confirmed presence in BC; useful to touring cyclists as a quick stop for drinks, snacks, coffee, and grab-and-go food.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":null},"notes":"Website notes that select locations offer parcel pick-up and on-site ATM; use store locator to confirm which services are at this specific location. The about page mentions some locations include seating and workstations."},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"density","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["bike_parking","subcategory","wow"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{"Bike parking":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"}},"optional_amenities":{"Basic groceries":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Hot food":{"value":true,"detail":"Website specifically mentions 'fresh bean-to-cup coffee, sandwiches & pastries' as grab-and-go food","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Public rack nearby":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"},"Covered bike parking":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver, Coast and Mountains","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":0,"wow_evidence":"BC-born convenience store franchise founded in 1998, now operating 30+ locations across British Columbia","tier":"info"}