LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents, that I, Donald L. Mennel, the undersigned, of
3020 Stuart Rd. (address), City of Fostoria, County of Wood, 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 ___7th__ day of _December___, __2005_____.


                                                __Donald L. Mennel______
						Name



STATE OF Ohio    )
		 ) ss
COUNTY OF Seneca )

	On this __7th_____ day of _December___, ___2005_____, before me a notary public
in and for said state, personally appeared _Donald L. Mennel_, to me personally
known, who being duly sworn,acknowledged that he/she had executed the foregoing
instrument for purposes therein mentioned and set forth.


                                                __Lois Arnold_______
						Notary Public


   My Commission Expires
     _02-26-2008____