Infant formula?

How much does a can of infant formula cost and how much do you get out of it? I get a can at Wal Mart that is 900g and costs $15.88. Also how much are diapers? I get 56 size 1 for $5.88. I'm trying to find out if we can afford to live in the UK.

Ready-to-use SMA Gold formula costs 41p for 250ml at Waitrose, and it's 45p at Testco Metro. 

The ready to use things garry mentioned are about 8 oz each.
I think you're thinking of the big tins of powdered stuff though, right?
I buy SMA (900 g), and one tin costs £5.88, and it lasts me about a week since he's using 7-8 ounce bottles, 4-5 times a day.

That's cheaper then what I pay here!  How can that be! But at least something is cheaper.

But at least something is cheaper.

UKLadybug, you might like to look at the the thread "How Much?" in Food Talk:

http://www.talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=3702.msg42587#msg42587

where I did a comparitive costing exercise which seem to suggest that rumours of the expensiveness of staple foods in Britain were in fact somewhat exaggerated.

Which reminds me - I am due to do this exercise again, and Caitlinn has very kindly given me a few additional items (including baby necessities) to go on the list.

price comparisons should definitely take into account location. the US is a huge country with great disparity in cost of living. i am regularly in NC and NY.  In NC, groceries, and everything for that matter, are generally about 30 % cheaper  than in london.  NY food seems a bit cheaper than london, but not much. 

In non food shopping, i always buy what i can in the US if it is available. For items we buy, it tends to be dollar for pound ( exact same item is £50 in UK vs $50 in US) or worse!

there is an international cost of living standard which is calculated yearly. you can compare where you are to where you are moving.  i don't know url but imagine a google search would turn something up.  i believe one of those rating services ranked london as the most expensive city in the world this year, by the way.