LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents, that I, Harold M. Reed, the undersigned, of
4026 Coneflower(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 ___16th__ day of _December___, __2005_____.


                                                __Harold M. Reed______
						Name



STATE OF Ohio )
		) ss
COUNTY OF Lucas	)

	On this __16th___ day of _December___, __2005____, before me a notary public in
and for said state, personally appeared _Harold M. Reed_, 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



                                _08/05/2007___
				My Commission Expires