Although three companies were once engaged in the manufacture and sale of Ekiben at Nagaoka Station, Nomoto Bento-ten indefinitely suspended its business (and later closed down) due to the Chuetsu Earthquake, and as a result only Ikedaya and Nagaoka Koyoken are currently in business.
長岡駅の駅弁については3社が製造・販売を行っていたが、中越地震以後、野本弁当店が長期休業となり（その後廃業）、現在は池田屋と長岡浩養軒の2軒が営業している。