Shares on the menu for Northern Foods men

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Northern Foods kept rising Friday as bosses bought shares a day after the food producer reported underlying sales growth of 8.8% in the fourth quarter.

Stefan Barden, chief executive since February 2007, paid £94,000 for 189,517 shares in the Leeds-based firm. The purchase at 49.7p a share takes his stake to 1.74m shares.

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