LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents, that I,

Thomas H. Anderson, the undersigned, of 1833 S. Holland Sylv(address),
City
of Maumee, County of Lucas, State of Ohio, hereby make, constitute
and
appoint each of Gary L. Smith, Mary J. Schroeder and Nicholas C.
Conrad,
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, Mary J.
Schroeder, and
Nicholas C. Conrad full power individually 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 2006 and
2007.

	   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, 2008.


	IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
executed this Limited Power of
Attorney as of this ___8th__ day of
_December___, __2005_____.



									   __Thomas H.
Anderson______
						Name




STATE OF
Ohio   )
		)ss
COUNTY OF
Lucas	)

	On this __8th___ day
of _December___, __2005____, before
me a notary public in and for said
state, personally appeared _Thomas H.
Anderson_, to me personally known,
who being duly sworn,acknowledged that
he/she had executed the foregoing
instrument for purposes therein mentioned
and set forth.



									   __Joanne Kapnick________

						Notary
Public

My Commission Expires:
__8/5/07_____