Segment Information - Net Sales and Long Lived Assets by Regions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2023	May 31, 2022	May 31, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 7,256,414	$ 6,707,728	$ 6,106,288
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	3,582,366	3,536,983	3,444,161
Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	5,191,928	4,640,248	4,161,069
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	2,551,717	2,533,568	2,325,365
Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,064,486	2,067,480	1,945,219
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	1,030,649	1,003,415	1,118,796
Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	512,182	493,258	440,656
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	244,182	223,793	235,810
Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	996,754	1,066,173	1,062,888
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	357,359	324,001	394,168
Foreign | United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	245,411	259,956	290,078
Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	291,503	264,639	218,664
Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	173,983	159,687	154,079
Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	90,064	83,723	68,932
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	183,697	195,665	198,740
Operating Segments | CPG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,608,872	2,486,486	2,076,565
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,572,060	1,423,473	1,135,341
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,036,812	1,063,013	941,224
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	243,608	265,933	208,289
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	469,064	509,891	481,244
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	224,073	203,135	159,197
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	100,067	83,989	79,413
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]		65	13,081
Operating Segments | PCG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,333,567	1,188,379	1,028,456
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	861,190	739,731	611,808
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	472,377	448,648	416,648
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	85,812	76,085	69,754
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	233,872	235,678	242,102
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	39,395	29,792	26,283
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	23,234	23,435	22,658
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	90,064	83,658	55,851
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,514,770	2,242,047	2,295,277
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,078,519	1,829,384	1,832,826
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	436,251	412,663	462,451
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	178,678	144,032	153,631
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	212,558	221,280	257,372
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	26,315	29,940	31,358
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	18,700	17,411	20,090
Operating Segments | SPG Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	799,205	790,816	705,990
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	680,159	647,660	581,094
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	119,046	143,156	124,896
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	4,084	7,208	8,982
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	81,260	99,324	82,170
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,720	1,772	1,826
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 31,982	$ 34,852	$ 31,918

[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.