EX-24. 2 rrd319161_360674.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Joseph J. Kadow, David J. Deno, Kelly Lefferts, Janet A. Spreen
and Elizabeth K. Riotte signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

                1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
        undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Bloomin' Brands,
        Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), a Form ID and Forms 3, 4
        and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934 and the rules thereunder; and

                2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
        undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
        any such Form ID and Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment
        or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
        Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
        authority.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the date set forth below.

                                        /s/ Mindy Grossman
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                                        Mindy Grossman

                                        Date: September 4, 2012