INDEX · 01 · OVERVIEW
Bloomin' Brands
Hospitality · Enterprise restaurant portfolio · Publicly-traded
ENGAGEMENTEnterprise build + ongoing opsSTATUSActive · Approved BBI partner

Enterprise stack,two brands,one platform.

Digital1010 operates the corporate digital infrastructure for Bloomin' Brands' Aussie Grill and Outback & Carrabba's Express concepts. Custom .NET Sitefinity on Microsoft Azure, running to WCAG 2.1 AA conformance on an annual audit cadence, inside corporate security, certificate-management, and accounts-payable processes.Most agencies can ship WordPress or Squarespace. Far fewer can operate inside a Microsoft enterprise stack at the required compliance and security posture, with documented processes for certificate management, vendor onboarding, and corporate AP integration. That's the work.
01 · Platform stack
.NET
Sitefinity · Microsoft Azure · enterprise
SOURCE · Bloomin' IT-approved architecture
02 · Brand concepts
2
Aussie Grill · Outback & Carrabba's Express
SOURCE · Bloomin' portfolio
03 · WCAG 2.1 AA
Good
Annual audit cadence · monthly remediation line
SOURCE · Digital1010 ADA service line
04 · Partner status
Approved
BBI application-development partner
SOURCE · Bloomin' Brands BBI
INDEX · 02 · CHALLENGE
Why most agencies couldn't do this work

Enterprise stack meets speed-to-market. Both, at once.

Bloomin' Brands needed enterprise-grade digital infrastructure that could operate at the corporate standard: WCAG 2.1 AA conformance on a cadence, Azure hosting, custom .NET architecture. While also moving fast enough to launch and iterate on test-market concepts like Outback & Carrabba's Express. The vendor had to do both inside the same engagement, not two separate ones.

  • 01
    Microsoft enterprise stack, not a templated CMS. Most agencies ship WordPress or Squarespace and call it a day.
    Sitefinity running on Azure with the compliance and security posture of a publicly-traded company is a different universe than “let's spin up WP Engine.” The vendor set that can actually deliver there is narrow.
  • 02
    WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, not a certificate, enforced in the component library and validated on an annual audit cadence.
    A publicly-traded restaurant portfolio cannot afford a web-accessibility demand letter. Conformance patterns live in the Sitefinity component library so content editors cannot easily introduce violations, and the posture is maintained between audits as a named monthly service.
  • 03
    Corporate procurement integration. Approved vendor status, certificate management, corporate Virtual Payables enrollment.
    A procurement team evaluating a vendor at this scale isn’t just reading the portfolio. They need a vendor that plugs into their existing processes with documented, repeatable handoffs. Most creative shops never clear that bar.
  • 04
    Speed-to-market for test concepts, on the same team, without standing up a second vendor.
    Outback & Carrabba’s Express needed to ship inside a quarter for test-market validation. A different delivery speed from an enterprise Sitefinity build, but the same team had to own it so brand controls stayed consistent across the portfolio.
INDEX · 03 · WHAT WE BUILT
Two brands, one operator

Enterprise build for one concept. Speed-to-market build for the other.

Aussie Grill is the flagship enterprise stack: custom .NET Sitefinity on Azure, running to WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, ongoing hosted by us. Outback & Carrabba's Express is the lightweight test-market concept: custom Squarespace, redesigned and shipped fast. Same team, same brand controls, different velocity.
FLAGSHIP
Aussie Grill on Sitefinity.

Custom-built on .NET Sitefinity with Microsoft Azure hosting. Architected for scalability, security, and compliance with corporate IT standards. WCAG 2.1 AA conformance enforced in the component library from day one.

.NET · Sitefinity · Azure
TEST CONCEPT
Outback & Carrabba's Express.

Complete rebuild optimized for speed-to-market during the test-concept rollout. Full creative redesign, new content, and streamlined UX on Squarespace.

Custom Squarespace · test market
PRODUCTION
Multi-day photography shoot.

Food, lifestyle, and environment capture for use across the Aussie Grill website, campaigns, and brand assets. Shot to the Bloomin' portfolio's visual standard.

Food · lifestyle · environment
CREATIVE
Brand-aligned copy + creative.

Copy, visuals, and creative assets aligned to each brand's positioning within the Bloomin' portfolio. Not cookie-cutter content; brand-specific voice per concept.

Per-brand creative direction
COMPLIANCE
ADA as a named line item.

WCAG 2.1 AA conformance enforced in the component library, validated on an annual audit cadence, and maintained between audits as a dedicated monthly service line on the invoice. Not a certificate. A control.

Conformance, not compliance
OPERATIONS
Hosting, security, digital presence.

We manage hosting, ADA updates, content changes, security compliance, and day-to-day digital presence for both brands. Corporate marketing brings the brief; we ship the execution.

Monthly operational cadence
INDEX · 04 · CORPORATE INTEGRATION
The trust proof

Inside Bloomin's security, AP, and vendor approval processes.

Enterprise engagements live or die on whether the vendor can operate inside the corporate stack without creating friction. Every box below is a proof point a procurement or security lead looks for before they greenlight a vendor at this scale.
BBI APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Approved partner status.

Vetted through the Bloomin' Brands application-development approval process. Not a one-off vendor. A partner cleared to work against the corporate digital roadmap.

SECURITY · CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT

Direct coordination with Bloomin' Security.

SSL certificate rotations, security posture reviews, and compliance audits run through documented handoffs with the Bloomin' Brands Security team. Not a ticket queue; a working relationship.

AP · VIRTUAL PAYABLES

Enrolled in corporate Accounts Payable.

Integrated with the Bloomin' Brands Virtual Payables system. Standard corporate-AP workflow, not a one-off invoice chase. A proof point for a procurement team evaluating “can this vendor actually plug into our stack.”

WCAG 2.1 AA CONFORMANCE

Ongoing conformance, not a one-time certificate.

Accessibility patterns enforced in the Sitefinity component library, not bolted on after an audit. Annual WCAG 2.1 AA audit cadence, template-scoped. Monthly ADA updates as a named line item on the invoice. Publicly-traded restaurant portfolios cannot afford a demand letter tied to a web violation, and ours have not gotten one.

INDEX · 05 · TESTIMONIAL
Word from the client
Digital1010 delivered exactly what we needed. The team was reliable and client-focused, providing a creative, custom solution for both Aussie Grill and Outback & Carrabba's Express. Their team balanced strategy and execution seamlessly, giving us confidence that both performance and brand storytelling were in the right hands.
Bronze M.Head of Marketing · Bloomin' Brands
INDEX · 06 · SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS
What's in scope

Eight concrete deliverables on the engagement line.

Each item below is a distinct workstream inside the same engagement. Not marketing copy, not an overview slide. The real line items.
  • 01Custom .NET Sitefinity enterprise build on Microsoft Azure
  • 02WCAG 2.1 AA patterns enforced in the architecture, with monthly ADA updates as a named line item
  • 03Multi-day production photography shoot across food, lifestyle, and environment
  • 04Custom build for Outback & Carrabba's Express test-concept rollout
  • 05Approved BBI application development partner
  • 06Direct coordination with Bloomin' Brands corporate Security team
  • 07Enrolled in Bloomin' Brands Virtual Payables and corporate AP integration
  • 08Ongoing hosting, security monitoring, and digital presence management
INDEX · 07 · RESULTS & RECOGNITION
Where the engagement stands

The infrastructure runs. The relationship extended.

Enterprise work of this shape doesn't have a single headline number. The result is a system that operates reliably inside a publicly-traded portfolio without creating procurement, security, or compliance friction. The proof is that the engagement extended from project delivery into a multi-year operating relationship.

Enterprise-grade infrastructure, in production.

Aussie Grill runs on a fully custom enterprise platform with Azure hosting, WCAG 2.1 AA conformance on an annual audit cadence, and the reliability required for a corporate brand inside a publicly-traded portfolio.

Test-market concept launched on the same team.

Outback & Carrabba's Express launched with a fast, flexible custom build that supported the test-market rollout without spinning up a second vendor relationship.

Deployed on the Microsoft enterprise stack.

.NET Sitefinity running on Azure, not WordPress or Squarespace alone. Proof that the vendor set that can operate at corporate compliance level is narrow, and we're in it.

Multi-year operator relationship, not a one-off.

Engagement extended from project delivery into an ongoing operating relationship covering hosting, ADA updates, security coordination, and day-to-day digital presence for both brands.

The claim

Enterprise workneeds enterprise operators.

Most agencies can write copy and ship a CMS. A narrower set can operate on the Microsoft enterprise stack with WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, certificate management, security coordination, and corporate AP integration. That's the work we did for Bloomin' Brands, and it's why the engagement is still running.