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Facebook celebrated its 500 millionth active user last week, and leading consumer goods companies are putting the social networking site's popularity to good use. Here, CGT presents the Top 20 food and drink brands on Facebook. Did your brands make the cut? If not, learn how these leaders are making social media a competitive advantage.

Ronald D. Wilkinson is appointed to the newly created position of president, Ralcorp Cereal Products; Bart Adlam is promoted to president of Post Foods LLC.

PepsiCo launched an initiative for its finance function in May 2009 that can serve as a valuable learning model for companies in any industry. Called the PepsiCo Finance University, find out how it provides a better understanding of the company's core financial skills.

Shoppers will now have multiple ways to benefit from purchasing P&G brands from discovering valuable savings inside to experiencing validated product performance.

Sturm Foods quickly realized improved inventory capabilities, including an accuracy level of 98.5 percent, while reducing the cost of labor by more than 50 percent.

In addition to access to Seventh Generation product lines, Seventh Generation and Wal-Mart will collectively encourage families to live better through initiatives such as Walmart's mom bloggers, Facebook and the 7GenBlog.

In addition to iconic brands including Lance, Snyder's of Hanover, Cape Cod and Grande, Snyder's-Lance will have a national distribution footprint including one of the largest Direct Store Delivery networks in the United States.

The packaged foods company commits to reduce sodium across its branded portfolio.