Debt Instrument, Covenants, Funded Debt to EBITDA

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Debt Instrument, Required Minimum Ratio of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization to Interest Expense

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Debt Instrument, Term, Extension Period

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Line Of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity After Increase With Consent Of Lenders

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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CREDIT FACILITIES AND BORROWINGS (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
CREDIT FACILITIES AND BORROWINGS (Details) - USD ($)	May 31, 2020	Nov. 27, 2022	Aug. 30, 2020	May 26, 2019
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Required minimum ratio of EBITDA to interest expense	3.00%		3.00%
Ratio of funded debt to EBITDA (maximum)	5.25%		5.25%
Outstanding under commercial paper program	$ 1,100,000			$ 1,000,000.0
Commercial paper program
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding under commercial paper program	0			$ 0
Scenario, Forecast
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Ratio of funded debt to EBITDA (maximum)		3.75%
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	1,600,000,000
Maximum additional borrowing capacity	2,100,000,000
Outstanding borrowings under revolving credit facility	$ 0
Minimum \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Duration of additional extension terms available for credit facility	1 year
Maximum \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Duration of additional extension terms available for credit facility	2 years