Note 10 - Employee Post-Employment Benefits (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended		15 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 03, 2014	Jun. 04, 2013	Mar. 04, 2014	Jun. 03, 2014 Equity Securities [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Fixed Income Securities [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Fixed Income Securities [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Fixed Income Securities [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] Pension Benefits [Member]	Jun. 04, 2013 Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] Pension Benefits [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Chief Operating Officer [Member] Severance Plan [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Chief People Officer [Member]	Dec. 03, 2014 Chief People Officer [Member]	Jun. 04, 2013 Pension Benefits [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Pension Benefits [Member]	Jun. 04, 2013 Pension Benefits [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Postretirement Medical and Life Benefits [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]	Jun. 04, 2013 Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Other Liabilities [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Retirement Plan [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Executive Supplemental Pension Plan [Member]	Jun. 04, 2013 Executive Supplemental Pension Plan [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Executive Supplemental Pension Plan and Management Retirement Plan [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Minimum [Member]	Jun. 03, 2014 Maximum [Member]
Note 10 - Employee Post-Employment Benefits (Details) [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Pension Plans			3
Defined Benefit Plans, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Current Fiscal Year																					$ 500,000
Primary Investment Objectives, Focus on Time Horizon						5 years	10 years																		3 years	5 years
Long Term Return Target, Actuarial Assumption	7.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum				60.00%	20.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Maximum				80.00%	40.00%
Defined Benefit Plan Target Allocation Percentage of Assets Individual Domestic Stock Range Maximum	10.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation, Percentage of Assets, International Equity Securities, Range, Maximum	30.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation, Percentage of Assets, Alternative Investments, Range, Maximum	10.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation, Percentage of Assets Non Government Issued Fixed Income Security To Total Fixed Income Portfolio, Range, Maximum	10.00%
Lump Sum Pension Payment, Accrued Liability for CEO																							8,100,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Curtailments													2,500,000		2,481,000
Defined Benefit Plans, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Next Fiscal Year	3,300,000
Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance													29,200,000	29,700,000	29,200,000
Assets Held-in-trust								200,000	400,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Future Amortization of Gain (Loss)														1,700,000		100,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed for Next Fiscal Year	7.25%
DefinedBenefitPlanDecreaseInHealthCareCostTrendRateAssumedAfterNextTwoFiscalYears	0.25%
Defined Benefit Plan, Ultimate Health Care Cost Trend Rate	5.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed for Next Fiscal Year, Impact on Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Expense, Percent	1.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay	6.00%
Deferred Compensation Plan Assets	9,600,000	9,600,000
Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Liabilities	9,800,000	9,800,000
Prepaid Expense, Current	12,216,000	14,180,000															500,000	500,000
Employee-related Liabilities																	700,000	700,000	1,000,000	100,000
Other Assets, Noncurrent	61,791,000	62,189,000															8,400,000	8,400,000
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent	75,193,000	77,556,000															8,000,000	8,000,000
Investment in RTI Common Stock and Related Liability, Payable in RTI Common Stock	600,000	1,100,000
Severance Costs	4,294,000									900,000		400,000										2,200,000		1,700,000
Payments to Employees for Severance and Unused Vacation	3,549,000										300,000
Restructuring and Related Cost, Number of Positions Eliminated	82	82
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense																								$ 400,000