Net Sales and Long Lived Assets by Regions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2021	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 6,106,288	$ 5,506,994	$ 5,564,551
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	3,444,161	3,176,631	2,888,355
Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	4,161,069	3,788,223	3,676,504
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	2,325,365	2,146,333	1,859,628
Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,945,219	1,718,771	1,888,047
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	1,118,796	1,030,298	1,028,727
Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	440,656	356,453	390,199
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	235,810	224,177	242,582
Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,062,888	936,098	1,029,024
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	394,168	358,511	343,501
Foreign | United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	290,078	252,185	217,414
Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	218,664	209,807	219,044
Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	154,079	152,264	177,868
Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	68,932	64,149	71,912
Long-Lived Assets	[2]	198,740	195,425	225,230
Operating Segments | CPG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,076,565	1,880,105	1,899,744
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,135,341	1,068,552	1,003,227
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	941,224	811,553	896,517
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	208,289	159,986	181,089
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	481,244	418,249	477,761
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	159,197	151,099	155,039
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	79,413	73,629	81,895
Operating Segments | CPG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	13,081	8,590	733
Operating Segments | PCG Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,028,456	1,080,701	1,136,119
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	611,808	656,162	667,402
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	416,648	424,539	468,717
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	69,754	71,689	82,897
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	242,102	247,904	251,600
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	26,283	32,471	34,588
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	22,658	24,622	36,498
Operating Segments | PCG Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	55,851	47,853	63,134
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	2,295,277	1,945,220	1,858,453
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,832,826	1,573,966	1,462,446
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	462,451	371,254	396,007
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	153,631	116,424	117,305
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	257,372	195,783	213,466
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	31,358	24,909	28,020
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	20,090	26,432	29,171
Operating Segments | Consumer Segment | Foreign | Other Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]		7,706	8,045
Operating Segments | SPG Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	705,990	600,968	670,235
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	581,094	489,543	543,429
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	124,896	111,425	126,806
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	8,982	8,354	8,908
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	82,170	74,162	86,197
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	1,826	1,328	1,397
Operating Segments | SPG Segments | Foreign | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 31,918	$ 27,581	$ 30,304

[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.