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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Company's investment balance in each of its equity method investees by entity | The following table presents the Company’s investment balance in each of its equity method investees by entity:
(in thousands) | March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2015
The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC | $ | 32,483 |  |  | $ | 32,871 |  |  | $ | 28,726 |
The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC | 28,199 |  |  | 29,278 |  |  | 36,063 |
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC | 29,446 |  |  | 31,255 |  |  | 31,869 |
Lansing Trade Group, LLC | 98,763 |  |  | 101,531 |  |  | 78,594 |
Thompsons Limited (a) | 45,479 |  |  | 43,964 |  |  | 44,224 |
Other | 1,713 |  |  | 3,208 |  |  | 2,606 |
Total | $ | 236,083 |  |  | $ | 242,107 |  |  | $ | 222,082 |
(a) Thompsons Limited and related U.S. operating company held by joint ventures In the first quarter of 2015, LTG and The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC qualified as significant equity investees of the Company under the income test. The following table presents combined summarized unaudited financial information of these investments for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015:
(in thousands) | Three months ended March 31,
2016 |  | 2015
Sales | $ | 1,462,213 |  |  | $ | 1,699,063 |
Gross profit | 23,364 |  |  | 47,659 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations | (8,377 | ) |  | 10,586 |
Net income (loss) | (8,407 | ) |  | 9,345 |
Net income (loss) attributable to companies | (8,006 | ) |  | 8,343 |
Income (loss) earned from the Company's equity method investments by entity | The following table summarizes income earned from the Company’s equity method investments by entity:
| % ownership at March 31, 2016 |  | Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
The Andersons Albion Ethanol LLC | 55% |  | $ | (322 | ) |  | $ | 1,091 |
The Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC | 38% |  | (1,079 | ) |  | 288 |
The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC | 50% |  | (1,809 | ) |  | 333 |
Lansing Trade Group, LLC | 32% (a) |  | (2,767 | ) |  | 2,410 |
Thompsons Limited (b) | 50% |  | (1,000 | ) |  | (861 | )
Other | 5%-34% |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  |  | $ | (6,977 | ) |  | $ | 3,261 |
(a) This does not consider restricted management units which once vested will reduce the ownership percentage by approximately 0.8% (b) Thompsons Limited and related U.S. operating company held by joint ventures
Schedule of aggregate summarized financial information of subsidiaries | The following table sets forth the related party transactions entered into for the time periods presented:
| Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands) | 2016 |  | 2015
Sales revenues | $ | 194,838 |  |  | $ | 149,472 |
Service fee revenues (a) | 4,636 |  |  | 4,925 |
Purchases of product | 101,953 |  |  | 102,795 |
Lease income (b) | 2,037 |  |  | 1,663 |
Labor and benefits reimbursement (c) | 3,898 |  |  | 3,032 |
Other expenses (d) | 149 |  |  | 338 |
(a) | Service fee revenues include management fees, corn origination fees, ethanol and distillers dried grains (DDG) marketing fees, and other commissions.
(b) | Lease income includes the lease of the Company’s Albion, Michigan and Clymers, Indiana grain facilities as well as certain railcars to the various ethanol LLCs and IANR.
(c) | The Company provides all operational labor to the unconsolidated ethanol LLCs and charges them an amount equal to the Company’s costs of the related services.
(d) | Other expenses include payments to IANR for repair facility rent and use of their railroad reporting mark, payment to LTG for the lease of railcars and other various expenses.
(in thousands) | March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2015
Accounts receivable (e) | $ | 19,066 |  |  | $ | 13,362 |  |  | $ | 13,507 |
Accounts payable (f) | 16,124 |  |  | 13,784 |  |  | 12,911 |
(e) | Accounts receivable represents amounts due from related parties for sales of corn, leasing revenue and service fees.
(f) | Accounts payable represents amounts due to related parties for purchases of ethanol and other various items.

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