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{{short description|American lawyer}}
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In 2014 [[Sprouts Farmers Market|Sprouts]] removed [[Halo Top Creamery]] from 200 of their stores, and production failures added to the financial problems. Woolverton and Bouton secured $1 million in funding from [[angel investor]]s and CircleUp in 2015.<ref name="inc" />
In 2015 this success and promotion led to Halo Top having to rebrand.<ref name="entrepreneur">{{cite web |last1=Brenner |first1=Stephen J. |title=Before Halo Top Became One of America's Fastest-Growing Ice Cream Brands, It Was on the Verge of Death |date=2 July 2018 |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/315938 |publisher=[[Entrepreneur.com]]}}</ref> In 2016 a [[GQ]] reporter ate nothing but [[Halo Top Creamery]] for ten days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Snow |first1=Shane |title=What It's Like to Eat Nothing but This Magical, Healthy Ice Cream for 10 Days |url=https://www.gq.com/story/halo-top-ice-cream-review-diet |publisher=[[GQ]] |date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> The article went viral and gave the brand much-needed exposure away from just health and fitness.
By 2017 Halo Top had grown to annual sales of $342.2 million.<ref name="inc" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grut |first1=Oscar-Williams |title=Hugely popular 'healthy' US ice cream brand Halo Top is coming to Britain |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/low-calorie-ice-cream-halo-top-plans-uk-launch-2017-10?r=US&IR=T |publisher=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Alexis |title=Lawyer mates raking in millions after making dessert 'healthy' |url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/lawyer-mates-raking-in-millions-after-making-dessert-healthy/news-story/4e1e811da2dab17973277f70089e5b23?from=rss-basic |publisher=[[News.com.au]] |date=March 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Halo Top is launching three new flavours, and there are free samples to be had |date=17 July 2018 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/17/halo-top-launching-three-new-flavours-free-samples-7724726/ |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Woolverton currently resides in [[Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{cite news |title=Halo Top ice cream founder scoops out $5.6 million for Sunset Plaza home |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-justin-woolverton-sunset-plaza-20190314-story.html |newspaper=[[LA Times]] |date=March 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Behind Halo Top ice cream's low-calorie success |date=28 December 2017 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/halo-top-creamery-low-calorie-recipe-success/ |publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>
==References==
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