The bakery inside Ranch Market in Redlands will be busy this week.

It makes pan de muerto, a traditional bread for Dia de los Muertos, during the weeks leading up to the holiday, and expects demand to rise as it approaches. It will be celebrated on All Saints Day and All Souls Day. The dates are Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1-2.

Dia de los Muertos is celebrated throughout Latin America. Businesses such as Ranch Market follow Mexican customs. It has set up an ofrenda near its panaderia with sugar skulls, candles and orange marigolds as well as bread. Photos honor famous departed people, including comedian Cantinflas, Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela, Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley.

The grocery store regularly sells baked goods such as conchas, empanadas, and tres leches cake, and after Christ

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