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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Feb. 22, 2015
Feb. 23, 2014
Feb. 22, 2015
Feb. 23, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Effective income tax rate 12.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 2.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (60.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 4.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Effective income tax rate, excluding debt extinguishment costs and debt extinguishment tax benefit (as a percent)       19.50%dri_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExcludingExtinguishmentofDebtCostandTaxBenefitPercentage
Tax position, change is reasonably possible in the next twelve months $ 30.0us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit   $ 30.0us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit