INCOME TAXES - Effective Tax Rate Excluding Certain Items (Details)	3 Months Ended
Aug. 27, 2023	Aug. 28, 2022
Income Taxes
Effective income tax rate, excluding certain items (as a percent)	23.10%	25.00%
Lamb-Weston/Meijer v.o.f. ("LW EMEA")
Income Taxes
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired (as a percent)	50.00%

Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Excluding Joint Venture Impact, Percent

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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