It's the same problem here as I said in the $18 McDonalds combo thread:
The way things are going, it's become apparent that the whole stock market thing is unsustainable and is the reason why we, the consumer, end up with inferior products, shrinking sizes, and higher prices. Publicly traded companies have to constantly find ways to increase profits to appeal to investors who give zero shits on how any of it affects the product or service offered by the company; they just want their dividend and to see those share prices increase and that's it. The problem is that in order to do this, the company has to cut corners on whatever it's offering...
