LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents, that I,
David L. Nichols, the undersigned, of One Nita Lane(address), City of
Cincinnati, County of Hamilton, State of Ohio, hereby make, constitute and
appoint Gary L. Smith, or in the alternative,Mary J. Schroeder, each of The
Andersons, Inc., 480 W. Dussel Drive, Maumee, Ohio, 43537 my true and
lawful limited attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead
giving severally unto said Gary L. Smith and Mary J. Schroeder full power
to execute and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
as my limited attorney-in-fact, any and all SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144
required to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, in connection with my beneficial
ownership of equity securities of The Andersons, Inc. for the calendar
years 2002 and 2003.

	   The rights, powers, and authority of each
limited attorney-in-fact herein granted shall commence and be in full force
and effect as of the date hereof; and such rights, powers, and authority
shall remain in full force and effect thereafter through and including
January 7, 2004.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed
this Limited Power of Attorney as of this ___24th__ day of _September___,
__2002_____.


									   __David L. Nichols______

						Name



STATE OF Georgia )
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COUNTY OF DeKalb )

	On this __24th_____ day of
_September_____, ____2002______, before me a notary public in and for said
state, personally appeared _David L. Nichols_, to me personally known, who
being duly sworn,acknowledged that he/she had executed the foregoing
instrument for purposes therein mentioned and set forth.



									   __Mary Ann Tichenor________
						Notary Public




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