Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2021	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Revenue:
Revenue	$ 7,116,340	$ 7,085,120	$ 6,892,303
Costs and expenses:
Selling and administrative expenses	1,929,159	2,071,052	1,980,644
G&K Services, Inc. integration expenses	0	0	14,410
Operating income	1,385,492	1,162,696	1,133,534
Gain on sale of a cost method investment	0	0	69,373
Interest income	(467)	(988)	(1,228)
Interest expense	98,210	105,393	101,736
Income before income taxes	1,287,749	1,058,291	1,102,399
Income taxes	176,781	181,931	219,764
Income from continuing operations	1,110,968	876,360	882,635
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) expense of $0, $(107) and $757, respectively	0	(323)	2,346
Net income	$ 1,110,968	$ 876,037	$ 884,981
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations (dollars per share)	$ 10.52	$ 8.36	$ 8.23
Discontinued operations (dollars per share)	0.00	0.00	0.02
Basic earnings per share (dollars per share)	10.52	8.36	8.25
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations (dollars per share)	10.24	8.11	7.97
Discontinued operations (dollars per share)	0.00	0.00	0.02
Diluted earnings per share (dollars per share)	10.24	8.11	7.99
Dividends declared and paid per share (dollars per share)	$ 5.01	$ 2.55	$ 2.05
Uniform rental and facility services
Revenue:
Revenue	$ 5,689,632	$ 5,643,494	$ 5,552,430
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	2,983,514	3,055,145	3,027,599
Other
Revenue:
Revenue	1,426,708	1,441,626	1,339,873
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	$ 818,175	$ 796,227	$ 736,116