Quarterly Consolidated Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Unaudited quarterly results of operations

The following is a summary of the unaudited quarterly results of operations for 2014 and 2013:

(in thousands, except for per common share data)	Sales and merchandising revenues		Gross profit		Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc.		Earnings per share-basic		Earnings per share-diluted
Quarter ended 2014
March 31	$	1,003,294	$	76,775	$	22,708	$	0.80	$	0.80
June 30	1,312,082		121,495		44,301		1.56		1.56
September 30	952,927		84,918		16,825		0.59		0.59
December 31	1,271,768		113,951		25,892		0.89		0.89
Year ended 2014	$	4,540,071	$	397,139	$	109,726	3.85		3.84
Quarter ended 2013
March 31	$	1,271,970	$	79,273	$	12,578	$	0.45	$	0.45
June 30	1,566,964		103,229		29,539		1.05		1.05
September 30	1,181,374		73,146		17,161		0.61		0.61
December 31	1,584,266		109,577		30,661		1.09		1.08
Year ended 2013	$	5,604,574	$	365,225	$	89,939	3.20		3.18