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Supplemental Financial Statement Data (Supplemental Income Statement, Balance Sheet And Cash Flow Information) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
Nov. 30, 2012
Supplemental Financial Statement Data [Abstract]      
Finished products $ 303.2us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoods $ 304.6us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoods  
Raw materials and work-in-process 410.6us-gaap_InventoryWorkInProcessAndRawMaterials 372.3us-gaap_InventoryWorkInProcessAndRawMaterials  
Inventories, total 713.8us-gaap_InventoryGross 676.9us-gaap_InventoryGross  
Prepaid expenses 20.3us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent 37.7us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent  
Other current assets 111.2us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 97.1us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent  
Total prepaid and other current asset 131.5us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 134.8us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent  
Land and improvements 57.6mkc_LandAndImprovements 59.3mkc_LandAndImprovements  
Buildings 346.4us-gaap_BuildingsAndImprovementsGross 335.4us-gaap_BuildingsAndImprovementsGross  
Machinery and equipment 700.7us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross 661.3us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross  
Software 301.7us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross 292.5us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross  
Construction-in-progress 75.0us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross 59.2us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross  
Accumulated depreciation (878.7)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (831.1)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Property, plant and equipment, total 602.7us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 576.6us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet  
Investments in affiliates 156.3us-gaap_InvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAffiliatesBalancePrincipalAmount 160.6us-gaap_InvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAffiliatesBalancePrincipalAmount  
Long-term investments 113.0us-gaap_LongTermInvestments 103.4us-gaap_LongTermInvestments  
Prepaid allowances 17.3mkc_PrepaidAllowancesNoncurrent 19.3mkc_PrepaidAllowancesNoncurrent  
Other assets 55.8us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 87.7us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent  
Investments and other assets, total 342.4us-gaap_InvestmentsAndOtherNoncurrentAssets 371.0us-gaap_InvestmentsAndOtherNoncurrentAssets  
Payroll and employee benefits 132.8us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent 120.4us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent  
Sales allowances 127.3mkc_SalesAllowancesCurrent 124.5mkc_SalesAllowancesCurrent  
Other 219.0us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndOtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 216.8us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndOtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent  
Other accrued liabilities, total 479.1us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 461.7us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent  
Pension 182.3us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 101.0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent  
Postretirement benefits 89.5us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitsPayableNoncurrent 88.2us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitsPayableNoncurrent  
Deferred taxes 108.2us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 139.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent  
Unrecognized tax benefits 47.3us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesNoncurrent 53.0us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesNoncurrent  
Other 41.5us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent 38.4us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent  
Other long-term liabilities, total 468.8us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 419.9us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent  
Depreciation 67.7us-gaap_Depreciation 67.5us-gaap_Depreciation 63.6us-gaap_Depreciation
Software amortization 20.0us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareAmortization 23.6us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareAmortization 23.7us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareAmortization
Interest paid 50.0us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 54.2us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 54.7us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income taxes paid $ 129.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid $ 106.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid $ 103.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid