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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2018	Feb. 26, 2017	Feb. 25, 2018	Feb. 26, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expense (income)	$ 11.1	$ 15.8	$ 29.8	$ 48.5
Stock options \| Subsidiary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expense (income)	$ 0.1	$ 0.3	$ 0.3	0.6
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock granted, shares (in shares)			0.8
Weighted average grant date price (in dollars per share)			$ 34.10
Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock granted, shares (in shares)			0.5
Weighted average grant date price (in dollars per share)			$ 33.82
Performance shares \| Fiscal 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Performance shares \| Fiscal 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Period of measurement for diluted EPS CAGR			2 years
Performance shares \| Fiscal 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Performance shares \| 2016 EBITDA \| Fiscal 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance shares based on earnings per share goal and EBITDA return on capital (as a percent)			33.33%
Performance shares \| 2017 EBITDA \| Fiscal 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance shares based on earnings per share goal and EBITDA return on capital (as a percent)			33.33%
Performance shares \| 2017 EBITDA \| Fiscal 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance shares based on earnings per share goal and EBITDA return on capital (as a percent)			33.33%
Performance shares \| 2018 EBITDA \| Fiscal 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance shares based on earnings per share goal and EBITDA return on capital (as a percent)			33.33%
Performance shares \| 2019 diluted EPS CAGR \| Fiscal 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance shares based on earnings per share goal and EBITDA return on capital (as a percent)			66.66%
Discontinued operations
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expense (income)				$ 4.1