Segment Information - Net Sales and Long Lived Assets by Regions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2024	May 31, 2023	May 31, 2022
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 7,335,277	$ 7,256,414	$ 6,707,728
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	3,657,673	3,582,366	3,536,983
Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	5,185,617	5,191,928	4,640,248
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	2,591,282	2,551,717	2,533,568
Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,149,660	2,064,486	2,067,480
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	1,066,391	1,030,649	1,003,415
Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	526,325	512,182	493,258
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	238,027	244,182	223,793
Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,027,313	996,754	1,066,173
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	383,320	357,359	324,001
Foreign | United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	241,788	245,411	259,956
Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	322,781	291,503	264,639
Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	169,606	173,983	159,687
Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	103,635	90,064	83,723
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	203,256	183,697	195,665
Operating Segments | CPG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,702,466	2,508,805	2,402,497
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,695,403	1,572,060	1,423,473
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,007,063	936,745	979,024
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	265,287	243,608	265,933
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	483,318	469,064	509,891
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	258,458	224,073	203,135
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]			65
Operating Segments | PCG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,462,460	1,433,634	1,272,368
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	875,713	861,190	739,731
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	586,747	572,444	532,637
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	90,801	85,812	76,085
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	231,009	233,872	235,678
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	36,675	39,395	29,792
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	124,627	123,301	107,424
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	103,635	90,064	83,658
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,457,949	2,514,770	2,242,047
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,014,689	2,078,519	1,829,384
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	443,260	436,251	412,663
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	165,222	178,678	144,032
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	233,280	212,558	221,280
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	25,072	26,315	29,940
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	19,686	18,700	17,411
Operating Segments | SPG Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	712,402	799,205	790,816
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	599,812	680,159	647,660
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	112,590	119,046	143,156
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	5,015	4,084	7,208
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	79,706	81,260	99,324
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,576	1,720	1,772
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 25,293	$ 31,982	$ 34,852

[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.