EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS - Other Plans - Defined Contribution Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
May 29, 2022	May 30, 2021	May 31, 2020
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Matching percentage (as a percent)	100.00%
Employee's contribution election (as a percent)	6.00%
Employee compensation (as a percent)	3.00%
Plan matching contribution, vesting period	5 years
Plan matching contribution, vesting percentage (as a percent)	20.00%
Plan matching contribution	$ 30.5	$ 28.8	$ 28.7

Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched of the employee compensation.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched of the employee's contribution election .

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- Definition

Period of employer's matching contributions to a defined contribution plan that vests.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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- Definition

Percentage of employer's matching contributions to a defined contribution plan that vests in a given year.

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