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Variable Interest Entities (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 27, 2012	May 29, 2011	May 30, 2010	Aug. 29, 2010 Lamb Weston BSW [Member]	May 27, 2012 Lamb Weston BSW [Member]	May 27, 2012 Lamb Weston RDO [Member]	May 29, 2011 Lamb Weston RDO [Member]	May 27, 2012 Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entities (Textual) [Abstract]
Acquisition of equity interest in Lamb Weston					49.99%	50.00%
Price at which Ochoa has the right to put its equity interest	$ 34.3
Debt instrument, lines of credit bear interest	2.00%				2.00%
Long-term debt interest rate	3.25%				3.25%
Repayment of debt	363.6	294.3	15.8	35.4
Line of credit with Lamb Weston BSW, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					15.0
Balance of promissory note due from joint venture					36.1
Guaranteed residual value of the leased asset								28.9
Investment in Lamb Weston, maximum exposure						14.8	13.6
Owners' equity in capital structure of variable interest entity						29.6
Term borrowings from banks in capital structure of Lamb Weston, RDO						$ 42.5