While the number of shoppers in stores — or the transaction count — remained down in the quarter, he said larger basket sizes more than offset the lower number of transactions.Overall, food same-store sales were up 5.5 per cent, the company said.Metro operates a network of supermarkets under several banners including the full-service grocery stores Metro and Metro Plus and the discount stores Super C in Quebec and Food Basics in Ontario.Meanwhile, Metro said pharmacy same-store sales were down 0.8 per cent.Restrictions on the sale of non-essential goods in Quebec combined with a much milder cold and flu season negatively impacted pharmacy sales in the second quarter, even though core prescription sales remained solid, La Fleche said.Metro.