LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas L. Waggoner, the undersigned, of
1559 Red Hawk Dr.(address), City of Perrysburg, 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 _Decmeber_, __2005__.


                                                __Thomas L. Waggoner_____
						Name



STATE OF Ohio   )
		) ss
COUNTY OF Lucas )

	On this __7th__ day of _December_, _2005_, before me a notary public in and for
said state, personally appeared _Tom Waggoner_, to me personally known, who
being duly sworn,acknowledged that he/she had executed the foregoing instrument
for purposes therein mentioned and set forth.


                                                __Judith A. Mangas-Glover__
						Notary Public

My Commission Expires:
__8-1-07__