Quarterly Consolidated Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Unaudited quarterly results of operations

The following is a summary of the unaudited quarterly results of operations for 2012 and 2011:

(in thousands, except for per common share data)
Quarter Ended	Sales and merchandising revenues		Gross profit		Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.		Earnings per share-basic		Earnings per share-diluted
2012
March 31	$	1,137,133	$	85,870	$	18,407	$	0.99	$	0.98
June 30	1,315,834		102,650		29,199		1.57		1.56
September 30	1,138,402		78,316		16,884		0.91		0.90
December 31	1,680,641		91,169		14,990		0.80		0.80
Year	$	5,272,010	$	358,005	$	79,480	4.27		4.23
2011
March 31	$	1,001,674	$	78,685	$	17,266	$	0.93	$	0.93
June 30	1,338,167		122,772		45,218		2.44		2.42
September 30	938,660		64,964		10,925		0.59		0.59
December 31	1,297,830		86,431		21,697		1.17		1.17
Year	$	4,576,331	$	352,852	$	95,106	5.13		5.09