LONG-TERM DEBT - Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments (Parenthetical) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	May 26, 2019	May 27, 2018	May 31, 2020
Senior debt | 5.4% senior debt due November 2048
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			5.40%
Senior debt | 4.65% senior debt due January 2043
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			4.65%
Senior debt | 6.625% senior debt due August 2039
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			6.625%
Senior debt | 5.3% senior debt due November 2038
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			5.30%
Senior debt | 8.25% senior debt due September 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			8.25%
Senior debt | 4.85% senior debt due November 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			4.85%
Senior debt | 7.0% senior debt due October 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			7.00%
Senior debt | 6.7% senior debt due August 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			6.70%
Senior debt | 7.125% senior debt due October 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			7.125%
Senior debt | 4.6% senior debt due November 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			4.60%
Senior debt | 4.3% senior debt due May 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			4.30%
Senior debt | 3.2% senior debt due January 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			3.20%
Senior debt | 3.25% senior debt due September 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			3.25%
Senior debt | 3.8% senior debt due October 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			3.80%
Senior debt | 4.95% senior debt due August 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			4.95%
Senior debt | LIBOR | LIBOR plus 0.75% senior debt due October 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	0.75%
Senior debt | LIBOR | LIBOR plus 0.50% senior debt due October 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	0.50%	0.50%
Term loan | LIBOR | LIBOR plus 1.50% term loan due October 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	1.50%
Term loan | LIBOR | LIBOR plus 1.375% term loan due October 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	1.375%
Subordinated debt | 9.75% subordinated debt due March 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			9.75%
Lease financing obligations | 2.00% to 9.59% lease financing obligations due on various dates through 2033 | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			2.00%
Lease financing obligations | 2.00% to 9.59% lease financing obligations due on various dates through 2033 | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)			9.59%