Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 26, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share [Table Text Block]

		Quarter Ended
In Millions, Except per Share Data		Aug. 26, 2018		Aug. 27, 2017
Net earnings attributable to General Mills	$	392.3	$	404.7
Average number of common shares - basic EPS		598.0		576.5
Incremental share effect from: (a)
Stock options		3.6		8.3
Restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other		1.7		2.1
Average number of common shares - diluted EPS		603.3		586.9
Earnings per share - basic	$	0.66	$	0.70
Earnings per share - diluted	$	0.65	$	0.69

Incremental shares from stock options, restricted stock units, and performance share units are computed by the treasury stock method.

Schedule of anti-dulitive stock options, restricted stock units and performance share units [Table Text Block]

	Quarter Ended
In Millions	Aug. 26, 2018	Aug. 27, 2017
Anti-dilutive stock options, restricted stock units, and performance share units	14.3	5.4