Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2018
Revenue:
Revenue	$ 7,085,120	$ 6,892,303	$ 6,476,632
Costs and expenses:
Selling and administrative expenses	2,071,052	1,980,644	1,916,792
G&K Services, Inc. integration expenses	0	14,410	41,897
Operating income	1,162,696	1,133,534	949,834
Gain on sale of a cost method investment	0	69,373	0
Interest income	(988)	(1,228)	(1,342)
Interest expense	105,393	101,736	110,175
Income before income taxes	1,058,291	1,102,399	841,001
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	181,931	219,764	57,069
Income from continuing operations	876,360	882,635	783,932
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(107), $757 and $35,313, respectively	(323)	2,346	58,654
Net income	$ 876,037	$ 884,981	$ 842,586
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations (dollars per share)	$ 8.36	$ 8.23	$ 7.24
Discontinued operations (dollars per share)	0.00	0.02	0.54
Basic earnings per share (dollars per share)	8.36	8.25	7.78
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations (dollars per share)	8.11	7.97	7.03
Discontinued operations (dollars per share)	0.00	0.02	0.53
Diluted earnings per share (dollars per share)	8.11	7.99	7.56
Dividends declared and paid per share (dollars per share)	$ 2.55	$ 2.05	$ 1.62
Uniform rental and facility services
Revenue:
Revenue	$ 5,643,494	$ 5,552,430	$ 5,247,124
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	3,055,145	3,027,599	2,886,959
Other
Revenue:
Revenue	1,441,626	1,339,873	1,229,508
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	$ 796,227	$ 736,116	$ 681,150