Net Sales and Long Lived Assets by Regions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2022	May 31, 2021	May 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 6,707,728	$ 6,106,288	$ 5,506,994
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	3,536,983	3,444,161	3,176,631
Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	4,640,248	4,161,069	3,788,223
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	2,533,568	2,325,365	2,146,333
Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,067,480	1,945,219	1,718,771
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	1,003,415	1,118,796	1,030,298
Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	493,258	440,656	356,453
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	223,793	235,810	224,177
Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,066,173	1,062,888	936,098
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	324,001	394,168	358,511
Foreign | United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	259,956	290,078	252,185
Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	264,639	218,664	209,807
Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	159,687	154,079	152,264
Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	83,723	68,932	64,149
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	195,665	198,740	195,425
Operating Segments | CPG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,486,486	2,076,565	1,880,105
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,423,473	1,135,341	1,068,552
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,063,013	941,224	811,553
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	265,933	208,289	159,986
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	509,891	481,244	418,249
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	203,135	159,197	151,099
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	83,989	79,413	73,629
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	65	13,081	8,590
Operating Segments | PCG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,188,379	1,028,456	1,080,701
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	739,731	611,808	656,162
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	448,648	416,648	424,539
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	76,085	69,754	71,689
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	235,678	242,102	247,904
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	29,792	26,283	32,471
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	23,435	22,658	24,622
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	83,658	55,851	47,853
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,242,047	2,295,277	1,945,220
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,829,384	1,832,826	1,573,966
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	412,663	462,451	371,254
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	144,032	153,631	116,424
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	221,280	257,372	195,783
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	29,940	31,358	24,909
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	17,411	20,090	26,432
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]			7,706
Operating Segments | SPG Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	790,816	705,990	600,968
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	647,660	581,094	489,543
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	143,156	124,896	111,425
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	7,208	8,982	8,354
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	99,324	82,170	74,162
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,772	1,826	1,328
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 34,852	$ 31,918	$ 27,581

[1] It is not practicable to obtain the information needed to disclose revenues attributable to each of our product lines.

[2] Long-lived assets include all non-current assets, excluding non-current deferred income taxes.