Period Of Measurement For Diluted Earnings Per Share Compound Annual Growth Rate

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award, equity instruments other than options, outstanding, exercises in period, total intrinsic value

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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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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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The total recognized tax benefit related to compensation cost for equity-based payment arrangements recognized in income during the period.

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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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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 - Performance-Based Share Plan (Narrative) (Details) - Performance Shares - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2018	May 27, 2018	May 28, 2017	May 29, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense		$ 11.8	$ 13.3	$ 14.2
Tax benefit		3.9	5.1	5.4
Total intrinsic value of share units vested		11.2	$ 2.8	$ 12.7
Unrecognized compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to performance shares		$ 15.6
Weighted average period for recognition		1 year 9 months 6 days
August 28, 2016 award \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting (as a percent)		33.33%
August 28, 2016 award \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting (as a percent)		33.33%
August 28, 2016 award \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting (as a percent)		33.33%
August 28, 2017 award \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting (as a percent)		33.33%
August 28, 2017 award \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting (as a percent)		66.66%
Performance period ending in 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Performance period ending in 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Diluted EPS CAGR measurement period	2 years
Award vesting period	3 years
Performance period ending in 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years