SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One):

or

Commission file number 000-20557

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Pension Committee
The Andersons, Inc. Retirement
     Savings Investment Plan

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for plan benefits of The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held at end of year is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary

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information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to those basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC

Toledo, Ohio
April 29, 2005

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Note 1 — Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting records of The Andersons, Inc. Retirement Savings Investment Plan (the “Plan”) are maintained on the accrual basis by The Andersons, Inc. (the “Plan Sponsor”). Plan assets are maintained by Fidelity Management Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and monitored by the pension committee established by the Plan Sponsor.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Unpaid withdrawals due to terminated participants have not been deducted in determining assets available for benefits for financial reporting purposes, but have been deducted from total assets in the Plan’s annual return on Form 5500. These amounts totaled $572,210 and $591,462 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. As a result, withdrawals for financial reporting purposes were $19,252 and $160,949 lower for 2004 and 2003, respectively, than the amounts reported on Form 5500.

Investments are stated at fair value. The fair values of the Plan’s investments in mutual funds are based on net asset values on the last business day of the plan year. The fair value of the Plan’s investments in The Andersons, Inc. common stock is based on NASDAQ closing market prices on the last business day of each plan year. Participant loans are stated at their outstanding balances, which approximates fair value. Changes in the fair value of investments are included in net realized and unrealized appreciation or depreciation

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in the aggregate fair value of investments presented in the statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits.

Note 2 — Description of the Plan

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that covers substantially all employees of The Andersons, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Andersons Mower Center, Inc. The Plan provides for retirement, disability, and death benefits for participants who meet certain eligibility requirements, including attaining age 21. Full-time employees are eligible to begin deferring money into the Plan on the first day of the month after being hired. Part-time employees are eligible to begin deferring money into the Plan upon meeting the one-year of service requirement. Employer matching contributions are to be made only after a participant has one year of service.

Employee contributions may be made by salary reduction up to 50 percent of annual compensation (in .50 percent increments) subject to the maximum annual contribution allowed by law. Employer matching contributions are made at the rate of 50 percent of employee contributions, with a maximum contribution of 3 percent of annual compensation. Participants vest ratably over five years in the employer’s matching contributions. Participants are fully vested in their contributions to the Plan.

The Plan may accept rollover contributions from IRAs or from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans of The Andersons, Inc. or participants’ former employers.

Forfeited balances of terminated accounts are used to reduce future employer contributions. The balance of forfeited nonvested accounts was not material in 2004 or 2003. The Plan Sponsor may make supplemental contributions to the Plan at its sole discretion.

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Note 2 — Description of the Plan (Continued)

Each participant directs Fidelity Management Trust Company to invest any or all of his or her account in one or more of the following mutual fund investments:

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Note 2 — Description of the Plan (Continued)

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Note 2 — Description of the Plan (Continued)

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Note 2 — Description of the Plan (Continued)

No assets of any individually-directed account may be used for the benefit of any other account or participant.

The Plan Sponsor has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan and the trust at any time. In the event of termination, participants become fully vested in their individual accounts.

Additional information about the plan agreement and limitations on contributions is available from the human resources department of the Plan Sponsor or from designated individuals at the participating employers.

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Note 2 — Description of the Plan (Continued)

Participants may borrow up to 50 percent of their vested account balances. The minimum loan amount is $1,000 and the maximum is $50,000. Each participant may only have one loan outstanding and each loan bears interest at a fixed rate equal to the prime rate at the end of the quarter previous to initiation of the loan plus one percent.

The Plan Sponsor pays substantially all costs of administering the Plan, including trustee fees. The Plan pays investment fees.

Note 3 — Benefits

A participant is entitled to a benefit representing his or her salary reduction contributions, the vested amount of employer contributions, and allocated income thereon (including realized and unrealized gains and losses). Upon termination of employment due to retirement, permanent disability, or death, a participant or his or her beneficiary is entitled to receive distribution of the vested account balance, in a lump sum or in monthly installments.

Withdrawals of employer and employee salary reduction contributions and related income thereon, during the participant’s employment, are prohibited unless the participant can show immediate and extreme financial hardship as determined by the Pension Committee.

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Note 4 — Investments

The Plan’s investments at December 31, 2004 and 2003 are held by the Trustee. The Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold, and held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in fair value as follows:

Note 5 — Transactions with Parties-in-Interest

Fees paid by the Plan Sponsor to parties-in-interest for legal, accounting, and other services rendered to the Plan are based on customary and reasonable rates for such services.

Note 6 — Income Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service ruled on March 31, 2003, applicable for the amendments executed February 19, 2002, that the Plan for The Andersons, Inc. and The Andersons Mower Center, a participating employer, respectively, qualifies under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and that the trust, therefore, is exempt from taxation. The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code and ERISA to maintain its tax-exempt status. The Plan’s administrator is not aware of any course of action or events that have occurred that might adversely affect the Plan’s qualified status.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange act of 1934, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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