BUSINESS SEGMENTS AND RELATED INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 24, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Operations

	Thirteen weeks ended				Thirty-nine weeks ended
	February 24, 2013		February 26, 2012		February 24, 2013		February 26, 2012
Net sales
Consumer Foods	$	2,303.2	$	2,157.2	$	6,768.9	$	6,227.1
Commercial Foods	1,255.5		1,238.8		3,837.2		3,705.9
Ralcorp Food Group	212.5		—		212.5		—
Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products	79.3		—		79.3		—
Total net sales	$	3,850.5	$	3,396.0	$	10,897.9	$	9,933.0
Operating profit
Consumer Foods	$	284.4	$	331.3	$	805.7	$	783.8
Commercial Foods	166.6		150.0		475.5		408.3
Ralcorp Food Group	3.6		—		3.6		—
Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products	1.4		—		1.4		—
Total operating profit	$	456.0	$	481.3	$	1,286.2	$	1,192.1
Equity method investment earnings
Consumer Foods	$	0.7	$	1.1	$	1.3	$	4.0
Commercial Foods	11.3		11.5		31.1		26.3
Total equity method investment earnings	$	12.0	$	12.6	$	32.4	$	30.3
Operating profit plus equity method investment earnings
Consumer Foods	$	285.1	$	332.4	$	807.0	$	787.8
Commercial Foods	177.9		161.5		506.6		434.6
Ralcorp Food Group	3.6		$	—	$	3.6	$	—
Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products	1.4		$	—	$	1.4	$	—
Total operating profit plus equity method investment earnings	$	468.0	$	493.9	$	1,318.6	$	1,222.4
General corporate expenses	$	196.0	$	51.4	$	242.6	$	257.7
Interest expense, net	70.6		49.7		173.3		153.2
Income tax expense	78.0		112.1		310.6		253.7
Income from continuing operations	$	123.4	$	280.7	$	592.1	$	557.8
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	3.4		0.6		10.4		3.8
Income from continuing operations attributable to ConAgra Foods, Inc.	$	120.0	$	280.1	$	581.7	$	554.0

Allocation of Net Derivative Gains (Losses) from Economic Hedges of Forecasted Commodity Consumption and Foreign Currency Risk

The following table presents the net derivative gains (losses) from economic hedges of forecasted commodity consumption and the foreign currency risk of certain forecasted transactions, under this methodology:

	Thirteen weeks ended						Thirty-nine weeks ended
	February 24, 2013			February 26, 2012			February 24, 2013			February 26, 2012
Net derivative gains (losses) incurred	$	(12.2	)	$	22.9		$	96.0		$	(9.7	)
Less: Net derivative gains allocated to reporting segments	14.7			0.9			8.8			29.0
Net derivative gains (losses) recognized in general corporate expenses	$	(26.9	)	$	22.0		$	87.2		$	(38.7	)
Net derivative gains allocated to Consumer Foods	$	14.0		$	2.7		$	16.3		$	27.5
Net derivative gains (losses) allocated to Commercial Foods	0.7			(1.8		)	(7.5		)	1.5
Net derivative gains included in segment operating profit	$	14.7		$	0.9		$	8.8		$	29.0