Segment Information (Schedule of Segment Reporting) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Nov. 26, 2017	Nov. 27, 2016	Nov. 26, 2017	Nov. 27, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,881.5	$ 1,642.5	$ 3,817.6	$ 3,356.9
Restaurant and marketing expenses	1,574.9	1,378.6	3,163.2	2,785.0
Segment profit	306.6	263.9	654.4	571.9
Depreciation and amortization	78.8	67.8	154.9	134.6
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.1	(0.8)	(7.7)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			197.7	135.3
Operating Segments \| Olive Garden
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	951.6	915.0	1,941.4	1,876.2
Restaurant and marketing expenses	784.0	761.5	1,574.7	1,536.4
Segment profit	167.6	153.5	366.7	339.8
Depreciation and amortization	33.4	31.1	65.5	61.1
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	(0.2)	0.0	(1.7)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			89.2	60.9
Operating Segments \| LongHorn Steakhouse
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	387.7	365.0	792.1	751.3
Restaurant and marketing expenses	327.2	312.6	668.1	638.8
Segment profit	60.5	52.4	124.0	112.5
Depreciation and amortization	16.4	16.3	32.9	32.6
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	0.0	(0.1)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			36.4	28.4
Operating Segments \| Fine Dining
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	140.6	128.6	262.8	242.8
Restaurant and marketing expenses	113.5	105.2	216.4	202.6
Segment profit	27.1	23.4	46.4	40.2
Depreciation and amortization	7.8	7.2	15.6	14.4
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			13.3	21.6
Operating Segments \| Other Business
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	401.6	233.9	821.3	486.6
Restaurant and marketing expenses	350.2	199.3	704.0	407.2
Segment profit	51.4	34.6	117.3	79.4
Depreciation and amortization	21.2	13.2	40.9	26.5
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	0.0	(6.1)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			54.7	22.7
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	$ 0.0	$ 0.3	(0.8)	0.2
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			$ 4.1	$ 1.7

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