LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents, that I, John F. Barrett, the undersigned, of
9300 Shawnee Run Road (address), City of Cincinnati, County of Hamilton, 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 ___14th__ day of _December___, __2005_____.


                                                __John F. Barrett______
						Name



STATE OF Ohio      )
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COUNTY OF Hamilton )

	On this __14th___ day of _December___, __2005___, before me a notary public in
and for said state, personally appeared _John F. Barrett_, to me personally
known, who being duly sworn,acknowledged that he/she had executed the foregoing
instrument for purposes therein mentioned and set forth.


                                        __Linda L. Baker____
					Notary Public

My Commission Expires
____06/23/08_______