DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

12 Months Ended

May. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

ConAgra Mills Operations

On May 29, 2014, the Company, Cargill, Incorporated ("Cargill"), and CHS, Inc. ("CHS") completed the formation of Ardent Mills. In connection with the formation, we contributed all of the assets of ConAgra Mills, our milling operations. For further details about the joint venture, see Note 7. We reflected the results of the ConAgra Mills operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of the discontinued business have been reclassified as assets and liabilities held for sale within our Consolidated Balance Sheets for the period presented prior to divestiture. Our equity in the earnings of Ardent Mills is reflected in our continuing operations

Medallion Foods

In fiscal 2014, we completed the sale of a small snack business, Medallion Foods, for $32.0 million in cash. The business results were previously reflected in the Private Brands segment. We reflected the results of these operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of the discontinued business have been reclassified as assets and liabilities held for sale within our Consolidated Balance Sheets for the period presented prior to divestiture. We recognized a pre-tax loss of $5.8 million ($3.5 million after-tax) on the sale of this business in fiscal 2014. In fiscal 2014, we recognized an impairment charge related to allocated amounts of goodwill and intangible assets, totaling $25.4 million ($15.2 million after-tax), in anticipation of this divestiture.

Lightlife^® Operations

In fiscal 2014, we completed the sale of the assets of the Lightlife^® business for $54.7 million in cash. This business produced and sold vegetarian-based burgers, hot dogs, and other meatless frozen and refrigerated items. The results of this business were previously reflected in the Consumer Foods segment. We reflected the results of these operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented. We recognized a pre-tax gain of $32.1 million ($19.8 million after-tax) on the sale of this business in fiscal 2014. The assets of the discontinued Lightlife business have been reclassified as assets held for sale within our Consolidated Balance Sheets for the period presented prior to divestiture.

The results of the aforementioned businesses which have been divested are included within discontinued operations. The summary comparative financial results of discontinued operations were as follows:

	2015			2014			2013
Net sales	$	16.2		$	1,929.3		$	2,014.9
Net gain on sale of businesses	$	627.3		$	116.6		$	—
Long-lived asset impairment charge	—			(25.4		)	—
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations before income taxes	(9.9		)	132.6			126.0
Income before income taxes	617.4			223.8			126.0
Income tax expense	250.8			82.7			38.3
Equity method investment earnings	—			0.3			—
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	366.6		$	141.4		$	87.7

Other Assets Held for Sale

During fiscal 2014, we began actively marketing for sale an onion processing facility and farmland previously acquired from an onion products supplier. During fiscal 2014, we sold the farmland for proceeds of $15.1 million. We recognized a pre-tax gain of $5.1 million ($3.2 million after-tax) on the sale of this land in fiscal 2014. During the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we sold the processing facility for cash proceeds of $11.0 million, resulting in an immaterial gain. The processing facility assets have been reclassified as assets held for sale within our Consolidated Balance Sheet for the period presented prior to sale. These assets were held within our Commercial Foods segment.

The assets and liabilities classified as held for sale reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:

	May 25, 2014
Cash and cash equivalents	$	41.8
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.2	172.4
Receivable on sale of flour milling assets	162.4
Inventories	215.6
Prepaids and other current assets	39.5
Current assets held for sale	$	631.7
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	186.8
Goodwill	8.0
Brands, trademarks and other intangibles, net	0.9
Other assets	3.2
Noncurrent assets held for sale	$	198.9
Current installments of long-term debt	$	0.1
Accounts payable	143.1
Accrued payroll	2.3
Other accrued liabilities	19.3
Current liabilities held for sale	$	164.8
Senior long-term debt, excluding current installments	$	0.1
Other noncurrent liabilities	1.9
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale	$	2.0