{"key":"d6b58e5f69","origin":"osm","osm_id":"w353685007","category":"Groceries","subcategory":"Convenience Store","community":"Fulford Harbour","lat":48.7691548,"lon":-123.4491239,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Salt Spring Mercantile","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Salt Spring Mercantile — 'The Merc' — is a licensed rural convenience store situated directly at the Fulford ferry terminal on Salt Spring Island, making it the natural first and last stop for cyclists crossing to or from the island. It stocks a broad range of groceries, alcohol, camping supplies, and gifts alongside a rotating lineup of goods from dozens of Salt Spring Island producers. An in-house bakery and a ready-made 'Meals to Go' program round out the offering for travellers looking to eat well on the road.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://saltspringmercantile.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"#101-2915 Fulford Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, V8K 1X6","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250-653-4321","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"ssimercantile@gmail.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"building":"yes","level":"0","name":"Salt Spring Mercantile","opening_hours":"Tu,We,Su,Mo 09:00-18:30, Th-Sa 09:00-20:00","organic":"yes","shop":"convenience","website":"https://saltspringmercantile.com/","wheelchair":"yes"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms this is a real, active business at the Fulford ferry terminal on Salt Spring Island, stocking groceries, camping supplies, alcohol, and locally prepared food. The website footer provides a phone number (250-653-4321) and address (#101-2915 Fulford Ganges Road) absent from the OSM record. No specific mention of bike parking, water refill, washrooms, ice, camping fuel, or any cyclist infrastructure appears on the website or in OSM tags, so those remain null. The OSM community field reads 'Sidney' but the business is clearly on Salt Spring Island (Fulford), which is a data discrepancy worth flagging.","concerns":["OSM community field reads 'Sidney' but the business is located in Fulford on Salt Spring Island — likely a data-entry error in the OSM record.","Phone number and address were sourced from the website footer; OSM has neither, so cross-confirmation against OSM is not possible.","OSM opening_hours tag conflicts with website hours (website shows 9–6:30 or 8:30–8:00 in different places); hours not included in listing per rules but the discrepancy suggests the OSM record may be out of date."],"recommended_status_reason":"Real, active, publicly accessible store at a ferry terminal — an ideal resupply point for touring cyclists arriving on or departing Salt Spring Island.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":null},"notes":"The website inconsistently lists two different hour ranges (9–6:30 and 8:30–8:00) in different sections, possibly reflecting a seasonal schedule change. Website also notes camping supplies are stocked but does not specify camping fuel by name."},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"density","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["subcategory","wow"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{},"optional_amenities":{"Basic groceries":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Hot food":{"value":true,"detail":"Website promotes 'Meals to Go' — 'ready-made meals… fresh, hearty, and delicious' — and mentions house-made weekly specials and Taco Tuesday pulled pork, indicating freshly prepared hot food available in store","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":2,"wow_evidence":"situated directly at the Fulford ferry terminal on Salt Spring Island...camping supplies...rotating lineup of goods from dozens of Salt Spring Island producers","tier":"info"}