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  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueInThreeYears" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueInThreeYears" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueInFourYears" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueInFourYears" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueInFiveYears" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueInFiveYears" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueThereafter" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveExpectedPaymentsDueDueThereafter" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveUndiscounted" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveUndiscounted" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveDiscount" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveDiscount" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelfInsuranceReserveDiscountRate" abstract="false" name="SelfInsuranceReserveDiscountRate" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types1:percentItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_FranchisedMarketCount" abstract="false" name="FranchisedMarketCount" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_DepreciationAndAmortizationGeneralAndAdministrativeAndImpairment" abstract="false" name="DepreciationAndAmortizationGeneralAndAdministrativeAndImpairment" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelectedQuarterlyFinancialInformationTable" abstract="true" name="SelectedQuarterlyFinancialInformationTable" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" type="xbrli:stringItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_A2023ClosureInitiativeAndHongKongClosuresMember" abstract="true" name="A2023ClosureInitiativeAndHongKongClosuresMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_HongKongClosuresMember" abstract="true" name="HongKongClosuresMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blmn_SelectedQuarterlyFinancialInformationLineItems" abstract="true" name="SelectedQuarterlyFinancialInformationLineItems" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType"/>
</xs:schema>
