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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of reconciliation of income and average share amounts to compute basic and diluted earnings per share | The following table reconciles the income and average share amounts used to compute both basic and diluted earnings per share:
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net income (loss) available to ConAgra Foods, Inc. common stockholders: |  |  |  |  |
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to ConAgra Foods, Inc. common stockholders | $ | (619.2 | ) |  | $ | 161.7 |  |  | $ | 686.2 |
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax, attributable to ConAgra Foods, Inc. common stockholders | 366.6 |  |  | 141.4 |  |  | 87.7 |
Net income (loss) attributable to ConAgra Foods, Inc. common stockholders | $ | (252.6 | ) |  | $ | 303.1 |  |  | $ | 773.9 |
Less: Increase in redemption value of noncontrolling interests in excess of earnings allocated | 1.7 |  |  | 1.7 |  |  | 1.6 |
Net income (loss) available to ConAgra Foods, Inc. common stockholders | $ | (254.3 | ) |  | $ | 301.4 |  |  | $ | 772.3 |
Weighted average shares outstanding: |  |  |  |  |
Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 426.1 |  |  | 421.3 |  |  | 410.8 |
Add: Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock unit awards, and other dilutive securities | — |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 6.8 |
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 426.1 |  |  | 427.5 |  |  | 417.6 |

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