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INVENTORIES

12 Months Ended

May 25, 2014

Disclosure Inventories Major Classes Of Inventories [Abstract]

The major classes of inventories were as follows:



	May 25, 2014		May 26, 2013
Raw materials and packaging	$	670.8	$	694.0
Work in process	118.6		118.1
Finished goods	1,364.1		1,394.6
Supplies and other	139.1		134.2
Total	$	2,292.6	$	2,340.9

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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