Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Nov. 23, 2014	Nov. 24, 2013	Nov. 23, 2014	Aug. 24, 2014
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized	$ 99.9us-gaap_InterestPaidNet	$ 58.1us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income taxes paid, net of refunds	199.4us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet	36.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Long-term Debt
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	44.4		9.5	34.9
Extinguishment of debt, accrued interest	$ 12.7		$ 12.7

Extinguishment of Debt, Accrued Interest

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4297-108586

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The amount of cash paid for interest during the period net of cash paid for interest that is capitalized.

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The cash outflow for incremental, external costs directly pertaining to an early extinguishment of debt, including legal costs and prepayment penalties, and excluding interest and repayment of debt principal.

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