Note 14 - Leases

12 Months Ended

May 28, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee Operating and Finance Leases [Text Block]

14. LEASES

We have operating and finance leases of certain warehouses, plants, land, office space, production and distribution equipment, automobiles, and office equipment. We determine whether an agreement is or contains a lease at lease inception. Right-of-use ("ROU") assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.

As most of our leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, we calculate the lease liability at lease commencement as the present value of unpaid lease payments using our estimated incremental borrowing rate. The incremental borrowing rate represents the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments on a collateralized basis over a similar term and is determined using a portfolio approach based on information available at the commencement date of the lease.

We have elected not to separate lease and non-lease components of an agreement for all underlying asset classes prospectively from the ASU 2016-02, Leases, Topic 842 adoption date.

Any lease arrangements with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. We recognize lease cost for these lease arrangements on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease. We consider these options in determining the lease term used to establish our ROU asset and lease liabilities. A limited number of our lease agreements include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflation. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Leases reported in our Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:

	Operating Leases
	Balance Sheet Location	May 28, 2023		May 29, 2022
ROU assets, net	Other assets	$	199.5	$	211.5
Lease liabilities (current)	Other accrued liabilities		42.3		45.3
Lease liabilities (noncurrent)	Other noncurrent liabilities		186.6		199.4

	Finance Leases
	Balance Sheet Location	May 28, 2023			May 29, 2022
ROU assets, at cost	Property, plant and equipment	$	203.5		$	208.0
Less accumulated depreciation	Less accumulated depreciation		(77.2	)		(64.2	)
ROU assets, net	Property, plant and equipment, net		126.3			143.8
Lease liabilities (current)	Current installments of long-term debt		17.4			20.6
Lease liabilities (noncurrent)	Senior long-term debt, excluding current installments		95.2			110.7

The components of total lease cost were as follows:

	2023		2022		2021
Operating lease cost	$	55.3	$	52.9	$	51.0
Finance lease cost
Depreciation of leased assets		16.8		16.4		19.0
Interest on lease liabilities		5.3		6.5		8.2
Short-term lease cost		11.0		7.3		5.1
Total lease cost	$	88.4	$	83.1	$	83.3

The weighted-average remaining lease terms and weighted-average discount rate for our leases as of  May 28, 2023 and May 29, 2022 were as follows:

	Operating Leases						Finance Leases
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)		6.7			6.9			6.9			7.3
Weighted-average discount rate		3.55	%		3.21	%		4.24	%		4.91	%

Cash flows arising from lease transactions were as follows:

	2023		2022		2021
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	57.7	$	55.7	$	56.0
Operating cash outflows from finance leases		5.3		6.5		8.3
Financing cash outflows from finance leases		25.0		31.2		24.3
ROU assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Operating leases		34.2		68.5		21.1
Finance leases		7.8		23.6		26.1

Maturities of lease liabilities by fiscal year as of May 28, 2023 were as follows:

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases			Total
2024	$	51.9		$	21.2		$	73.1
2025		40.7			18.4			59.1
2026	37.1				15.1			52.2
2027		30.5			17.0			47.5
2028		28.3			7.8			36.1
Later years		74.4			53.7			128.1
Total lease payments		262.9			133.2			396.1
Less: Imputed interest		(34.0	)		(20.6	)		(54.6	)
Total lease liabilities	$	228.9		$	112.6		$	341.5

We have entered into contracts that are or contain a lease that have not yet commenced with aggregate payments totaling $268.5 million as of May 28, 2023. This amount primarily relates to a warehouse facility with a future minimum lease commitment of $254.3 million over a term of 20 years. We expect to take control of this leased asset in fiscal 2024.