Segment Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Nov. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 27, 2016 USD ($) segment	Nov. 29, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments \| segment			4
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,642.5	$ 1,608.8	$ 3,356.9	$ 3,295.8
Restaurant and marketing expenses	1,378.6	1,342.2	2,785.0	2,718.5
Segment profit	263.9	266.6	571.9	577.3
Depreciation and amortization	67.8	75.3	134.6	156.4
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.1	7.7	(7.7)	6.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			135.3	122.2
Operating Segments \| Olive Garden
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	915.0	892.3	1,876.2	1,836.9
Restaurant and marketing expenses	761.5	735.2	1,536.4	1,487.8
Segment profit	153.5	157.1	339.8	349.1
Depreciation and amortization	31.1	36.3	61.1	76.0
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	(0.2)	1.2	(1.7)	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			60.9	44.1
Operating Segments \| LongHorn Steakhouse
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	365.0	365.1	751.3	748.9
Restaurant and marketing expenses	312.6	310.3	638.8	637.0
Segment profit	52.4	54.8	112.5	111.9
Depreciation and amortization	16.3	18.7	32.6	39.4
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	(0.1)	(1.2)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			28.4	30.3
Operating Segments \| Fine Dining
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	128.6	123.3	242.8	236.5
Restaurant and marketing expenses	105.2	100.9	202.6	196.3
Segment profit	23.4	22.4	40.2	40.2
Depreciation and amortization	7.2	7.1	14.4	14.4
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			21.6	8.0
Operating Segments \| Other Business
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	233.9	228.1	486.6	473.5
Restaurant and marketing expenses	199.3	195.8	407.2	397.4
Segment profit	34.6	32.3	79.4	76.1
Depreciation and amortization	13.2	13.2	26.5	26.6
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	6.5	(6.1)	6.5
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			22.7	37.4
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Restaurant and marketing expenses	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Segment profit	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Depreciation and amortization	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	$ 0.3	$ 0.0	0.2	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			$ 1.7	$ 2.4

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