No matter how big a company is, investors want to see strong growth. Global food giant Nestle (NASDAQOTH: NSRGY) is large enough that driving huge growth rates in revenue and earnings is difficult at best, but that doesn’t make its shareholders any less ambitious in wanting the company to seek ways to tap into new markets and overcome challenges to future success. Coming into Thursday’s release of its full-year 2016 results, Nestle investors wanted evidence that the food company could sustain modest growth rates. The report left many shareholders hungry for more.