Quarterly Consolidated Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Unaudited quarterly results of operations

The following is a summary of the unaudited quarterly results of operations for 2013 and 2012:

(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
2013
March 31	$	1,271,970	$	79,273	$	12,578	$	0.45	$	0.45
June 30	1,566,964		103,229		29,539		1.05		1.05
September 30	1,181,374		73,146		17,161		0.61		0.61
December 31	1,584,266		109,577		30,661		1.09		1.08
Year	$	5,604,574	$	365,225	$	89,939	3.20		3.18
2012
March 31	$	1,137,133	$	85,870	$	18,407	$	0.66	$	0.65
June 30	1,315,834		102,650		29,199		1.05		1.04
September 30	1,138,402		78,316		16,884		0.61		0.60
December 31	1,680,641		91,169		14,990		0.54		0.53
Year	$	5,272,010	$	358,005	$	79,480	2.85		2.82